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The Green Party's Adrian Ramsay Adrian Ramsay , a lynchpin of Green support in the region is standing down as a councillor in Norwich. It ends eight years on the council he was elected to at the tender age of 21. He has now risen to the dizzying heights of Deputy Leader of the Green Party . "I need to concentrate on my national role but I will still be campaigning in Norwich," he says. The Green…
On the election trail - Nigel Farage "Election night wasn't great for me", says the leader of the UK Independence Party , who survived an air crash that day. "I was doing other things. We have these elections and the next set of European elections to get through but yes I will stand again in the general election." Nigel Farage has been on the campaign trail in North Norfolk and he tells us,…
Suffolk Coastl MP Therese Coffey says the cuts in arts funding could have been worse Therese Coffey MP, a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, believes the region did not fare too badly in the recent round of cuts to our arts. "It could have been worse," she tells me. "There have been cuts, there's no doubt, but this has demonstrated that the Arts Council have to support the…
In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions. If you're reading via RSS, you'll need to visit the blog to access this content. Norman Lamb has told friends that he fears the Government is "heading for a car crash" over the NHS . "The row over tuition fees will be nothing compared to this one if we get it wrong,"…
In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash Installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions. If you're reading via RSS, you'll need to visit the blog to access this content. On 5 May the British public will vote on how we elect our MPs to parliament. Just so you know, the question to be put to a referendum will be: Do you want the United Kingdom to adopt the…
Brian Binley MP Brian Binley , the Conservative MP for Northampton South, is another MP who hopes the local elections are actually fought on local issues. The overriding issue in Northampton is still town centre development and that's bound up with the future of the town's sports clubs. Plans suggested by both the Saints and the Cobblers for Sixfields and Franklins Gardens are a key election…
The Communications Minister Ed Vaizey says the BBC should think "very carefully" about any plans to reduce the daytime output of BBC local radio. There is talk at the moment of the BBC perhaps reducing local radio output to just breakfast and drivetime with a sustaining service - perhaps Radio 5 Live - during the rest of the day. The BBC insists that no decision has been made and that it's looking…
Here is a sign of how seriously the Labour Party is taking this year's local elections in the East. It is boasting today that it has a full slate of candidates in South Cambridgeshire and the most candidates ever standing in East Cambridgeshire - councils where in the past they've struggled to find voters, let alone people to stand for them. They also have a full slate of candidates in Castle…
May's elections will provide an indicator of public reaction to the recent spending cuts It's a fascinating set of elections this May. It is the first time we have had a coalition government for 60 years and we have the largest budget deficit since the Second World War. It's a heady mix. As central government cracks down hard on our councils, how will it play out at the ballot box? Whose fault…
