Some recommended reading for Lib Dem Councillors and local campaigners this week:
It being the "silly season", much of the press has been full of silly defection stories that we won't bore you with here.
More serious political coverage continues to focus on the imact of finanical savings.
The Municipal Journal's coverage included two articles:
Inside Housing magazine reports on the impact of the changes to grant to local authorities for traveller sites in:
Home to Roost
In the last couple of days the big news has been about the IFS report of the impact of the budget.
Finally some ideas from abroad:
We were impressed by the Mayor of Minneapolis's blog.
He's a Democrat who sounds like a Liberal Democrat and was apparently the first Mayor to back Obama when he stood for president. The blog is at:http://themayorblog.com/ 