The Liberal Democrats have today claimed that they have been vindicated over the county council’s performance in this year’s snow fall.

Chris White said: ‘I am glad that it has been recognised by the county council’s scrutiny process that there needs to be improvement in relations with district councils and in communications with community groups and parents.

‘Our own actions in January ensured that the county council started publishing a list of closed schools on its website – rather than relying on radio stations to read out long lists of local schools.’

He added: ‘I hope that the Conservatives will learn from their experience and stop hiding behind the idea that heavy snowfalls are somehow surprising.’