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We asked the main groups at the local authority to tell us about their ideas if elected
A day before the vote here the group leaders outline their plans for the next five years
“After being named community champion, to then receive a letter calling me this. It is not nice and it does hurt.”
The role of parents in deciding school curriculum is a flash point in the Virginia gubernatorial race. Days before the election, bogus signs have appeared on streets and in social media posts reading, “Keep Parents Out of Classrooms," and imply they were placed by Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe. But McAuliffe and the local Democrats said, “these signs are not ours.”
“Liberal Democrat, Labour, and Independent Groups on Cambridgeshire County Council have hammered out an agreement for a joint administration to run the council,” said a statement from the opposition groups. “The document includes a policy framework, protocols for working arrangements between the groups, and a new committee structure.” In short there will be few crumbs from the masters’ new table for the outgoing Conservatives. Cllr Lucy Nethsingha, leader of the Liberal Democrat group, said: “I am absolutely delighted that we have been able to come to such a comprehensive ...