Yesterday, I was at ALDC’s local government conference in the very heart of Sheffield, in a very contemporary new hotel right next door to the Town Hall. It was a smashing day with many useful lessons to learn, and just the event to spur Lib Dem campaigners onto greater heights when we return home.
The day included an interesting variety of main speakers, and simultaneous fringe meetings, so as a service both those who were there and couldn’t be in two places at once, and to those who couldn’t make it all, I will be podcasting sound recordings of all the plenary sessions here on the Voice every morning next week at 11am.
To kick start, here’s a very brief vox pop with delegates at the conference from around the country.
Tomorrow morning – the introductory plenary session with Nick Clegg MP and Baroness Ros Scott.
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I attended the `Local Solutions’ Sheffield 2009 -Lib Dem.Local Govt’ Conference and some highlights were:
1.The speech by Sheffield L/D Council Leader Cllr Paul Scriven/PPC for Sheffield Central, whom is leading on rolling out the democratic decision making to the people,for the first time, since the City Charter in 1893-via the City community involvement strategy.
2.Cllr Keith Moffit L/D Leader of LB of Camden on `Environmental Good Practice’ and important urban inner city work governance on how to move to a `Zero Carbon Britain’?
3.Cllr Kath Pinnock on the L/D sustainable Environmental Policies in reducing the cost by £200 each of keeping warm in the winter, for the fuel bills for Kirklees Unitary residents.
Sheffield is a magnificent City and now since May 2008 represents a watershed change for local democratic empowerment, like Newcastle and Liverpool.
L/D Councils open up their doors and minds to the residents to involve,innovate and change local services for the better.