The pressure on Bedford Borough Council's Mayor and Cabinet to remove the charge on council tax payments at the Post Office has increased further after a meeting of the full council backed a Lib Dem motion calling for its abolition.

The Government has laid before Parliament a draft of an Order which if Parliament approves it, would move the date of local elections in 2009 from Thursday 7 May to Thursday 4 June, the date of the European Parliamentary elections

The Local Party Executive for Wealden Liberal Democrats invites applications for selection as Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency of Wealden.