Gainsborough's Member of Parliament, Edward Leigh, calls for the Syrian persecution to be admitted.

Edward Leigh MP delivered this speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe."With the great cost in human life currently being paid in Syria, there’s no doubt that this is a subject of urgent importance worthy of discussion amongst all European."Yet there is a firm reluctance amongst the proponents of liberal interventionism to take into account the reality of the situation we are dealing with in Syria...

In a speech introducing the authority's 2012 budget, by the Conservative Leader of West Lindsey District Council, Cllr. Burt Keimach, Council Tax is Frozen for a second year. The Leader confirms there have been no redundancies and that there are no plans to make any one redundant in the forseeable future. The authority will be investing in building new homes in Gainsborough and delivering for rural communities.