A Leicestershire County Councillor made a final appeal today to keep a Leicestershire bus service going. The 159 Hinckley to Coalville bus service was ended on February the 25th after the County Council ceased to subsidise the service.
New research from the House of Commons Library, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that 1,560 people locally were stuck waiting for more than two months before receiving treatment at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
At tomorrow's County Council budget meeting the opposition Liberal Democrat group are seeking to save threatened bus services.
Two Hinckley County Councillors have written to the Conservative leader of Leicestershire County Council Nick Rushton and Roberts coaches calling for a threatened bus service to be saved.
The number of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) on the streets locally has fallen dramatically by 68 since 2015.
The Liberal Democrats are calling for a higher minimum wage for care workers in Leicestershire, to tackle chronic staff shortages in social care.
