Liberal Democrats across the county have today voiced their anger over the likely extension of the badger cull in West Gloucestershire after it was confirmed on Friday evening that the badger cull in West Somerset will be extended until the end of this month.

A proposal being put forward by the County’s Liberal Democrats to the Council’s Constitution Committee on Monday could see changes to the length of the Council Leader’s tenure.

Calls for the removal of the maximum 30 minute rule for each political group to consider motions at full council have been proposed by the County’s Liberal Democrats.

National figures announced yesterday by the Coalition Government have bought welcome news on the large number of “Troubled Families” being turned around by councils across the country, but reveal an exceptionally poor performance by the Conservative minority controlled Gloucestershire County Council.

Liberal Democrat councillors concerns over the state of Gloucestershire’s road have resulted to a welcomed release of an additional £1m this financial year by the County Council.

County councillors will debate the future of Gloucestershire’s Trading Standards service when they meet on the 4^th of September. Liberal Democrat councillors have lodged a motion calling for the services to be protected, if possible, from further cuts.

Liberal Democrats across the county were delighted when in March this year Gloucestershire County Council’s Planning Committee refused planning permission for a waste-burning incinerator at Javelin Park.

Liberal Democrats have called for a freeze in the cost of on-street car parking charges across Gloucestershire for the next four years and also requested that the annual cost of residents’ parking permits be cut by £30.

Liberal Democrats are calling for a big investment in Gloucestershire’s roads to sort out the potholes which have plagued the area.

Statement made by Liberal Democrat County Leader Cllr. Colin Hay: