Many thanks indeed for your time if you were in when I was calling on local residents in Studley Road, Wootton on Sat 18^th Oct 08. 

I was really pleased to see that the road surface at the entrance area to Studley Road is in good condition after my pressure on the County Council in Oct 06-Jan 07 to get it done.  

However, I was concerned to see the amount of weeds on the footpath verges. I have asked the County Council to arrange for the area to be cleared of weeds.

I am growing increasingly concerned about the response to the current crisis by the Government.The bail-out of banks including part nationalisation was welcomed by all parties as the best if only way forward to deal with problems in the financial sector. 

But following the massive leap in unemployment, which was lets face it expected, and the cost of energy etc there is still tremendous pressure on ordinary working people and their families.  Yet the Government is reacting significantly slower to these problems. 

I think it’s time the Government showed as much urgency with the plight of working families and small business as it has done for big business, Banks and the City. That means tax cuts, lower interest rates and real help with fuel bills for this winter to protect the elderly, infirm and children. 

But remember we have the most conservative Labour Government ever - so we will have to wait, but for how long? 

Every day more jobs are lost, every day more people are in more debt and our pensioners are living in fear of the next heating bill. 

The Liberal Democrats want to know your views on plans to build a waste incinerator near Stewartby. The project has been driven to date by the Tory-run Bedfordshire County Council. With the County Council being abolished on 1 April 2009 it is down to Bedford Borough, Central Beds and Luton Councils to decide whether to progress with the plans.

Bedford Borough Lib Dems have consistently opposed the plans for the giant incinerator, believing that it will work against the goals of reducing waste and increasing recycling and arguing that there are better waste disposal options for the environment. The options include Mechanical and Biological Treatment, which is a process whereby as many useful materials are extracted from the waste as possible before any sort of treatment of the remaining waste takes place.

We want to know what your views are. Do you want think that burning the County’s domestic rubbish in an incinerator near Stewartby is the right thing to do, or do you think that local councils should be pursuing a different option? Please let us know by using the on-line poll on the Bedford Liberal Democrats web site at http://www.bedfordlibdems.org.uk/.