[ad_1] Postal vote delays are being “urgently” investigated following concerns of late ballots raised in at least 91 constituencies, The Telegraph revealed on Monday. Royal Mail has faced backlash for failing to deliver some ballots in time for the general election today, leaving voters at risk of not being able to return their postal slips….
[ad_1] The historically safe Conservative seat of Devon South West will, for the first time since being won by Gary Streeter in 1997, be up for grabs – and Julian Brazil intends to secure it for the Lib Dems. He resides in the village of East Prawle in the constituency South Hams and has been…
[ad_1] A terminally ill resident of Hull missed medical appointments because Royal Mail did not deliver letters on time, councillors have been told. The delivery of important legal documents, including some relating to house sales and wills, had also been held up, Councillor John Robinson told a meeting of Hull City Council. He called on…
[ad_1] A move to close all county council offices in Chesterfield and transfer 500 staff has been criticised as “idiotic, shoddy and disrespectful”. This week the Local Democracy Reporting Service exclusively detailed Derbyshire County Council ’s plans to close all 10 of its Chesterfield area offices, including one apiece in Clay Cross and Staveley. Now…
[ad_1] Voters in Burrator will go to the polls in June in a delayed election for West Devon Borough Council. The poll for the ward was originally due to take place on May 4 along with the elections for the Borough’s other wards, but was postponed following the sad death of one of the candidates,…
[ad_1] Derbyshire police say they are willing to follow-up any complaints they receive relating to canvassing by political parties during lockdown, such as leafleting or door-to-door campaigning. This follows recent action by the Government which has written to all parliamentary parties saying that campaigning during lockdown it is not an “essential or necessary activity”. And…
[ad_1] Green Party Councillor Chris Rigby, who delivered the leaflets with Councillor Simon Bull, said they would follow police advice. The pair were also criticised by local Tory councillors for “putting residents at risk”. It comes as Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, defended his party for continuing to carry out door-to-door leafleting during…
[ad_1] The Royal Mail is under pressure to offer free postage to and from care homes in the UK this Christmas. The calls from the Lib Dems come in a bid to ensure that no vulnerable person goes without love this Christmas. The move comes after An Post—Ireland’s postal service—announced it will carry letters, large envelopes,…
[ad_1] Friends and relatives should be able to post cards and parcels for care home patients for free this Christmas, the Lib Dems urged tonight. Ireland’s postal service An Post has announced it will carry letters, large envelopes, packets and parcels up to 2kg addressed to residents in nursing homes, residential accommodation in the mental…
[ad_1] The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Sir Ed Davey has been elected as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats. With 11 MPs the centrist Lib Dems are the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons, after the Conservatives, Labour and the Scottish National…