Spinney Hills Lib Dem councillors Mussa Saleh, Hashim Panchbaya and Mustafa Karim have been taking action to deal with concerns expressed by local residents about traffic and highways issues in the area. This includes a review of the one-way system and traffic calming schemes which deteriorated under the previous Labour council and are damaging cars.
Reacting to the news that controversial ex-Council Leader Peter Soulsby has been chosen as Tony Blair's man for the forthcoming parliamentary by-election, Stuart Bray the Lib Dem Agent for Leicester South said:
Liberal Democrat Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary Malcolm Bruce MP visited Leicester today to support the campaign of Parmjit Singh Gill to become the next MP.
Knighton Park is to benefit from the new Lib Dem City Council's priority to look after Leicester. Worn out paths are to be resurfaced, new planting is to replace worn out beds, broken benches are to be replaced and play equipment is to be replaced and improved.
Hundreds of local residents are demanding a full independent inquiry into the facts behind the war in Iraq.
With the results all now in, the Euro election went well for the Lib Dems: Bill Newton Dunn held our seat first won by Nick Clegg in 1999 with a slightly increased share of the vote.