Two leading Leicestershire County Council Cabinet Members have made it through to the next stages in the race to become the first Police & Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.
An attempt by opposition councillors to remove leader David Parsons from office has been defeated after Conservative councillors voted unanimously to throw out the motion by 34 votes to 16.
I am very proud of the Conservative record in Leicestershire. Whilst the opposition parties led by Max Hunt and Simon Galton (I mention Max Hunt first, as it was he who bounced the Lib Dems into scraping together enough signatures for his motion to Council on the 18th April) are falling about themselves engineering political stunts, all this will achieve is to send out the wrong signals to those who view Leicestershire as a good place to do business.
County Liberal Democrats like to hide behind the veil of being a part of the national Coalition charged with clearing up after Labour's mess, but locally, they dance to an entirely different tune.
Whistlestop Tour of local industries by County Leader David Parsons "Putting Leicestershire First." County Council leader David Parsons has been visiting three local and highly successful businesses in Leicestershire.
Over £330 million of extra NHS funding to pay for state of the equipment and buildings has been announced by the Prime Minister and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.
The first ever elections for Police and Crime Commissioners will be held on 15 November 2012. Instead of bureaucratic, Whitehall-led control of the police we will see democratic accountability with the public having a real say over how their area is policed.
