lack of Investment in Hospitals Attacked
Stoneygate Lib Dem Cllr. Parmjit Singh Gill will propose a motion at tonight's full City Council meeting attacking the government for the lack of investment in Leicester hospitals.
4 Oct 2007
Flag, family and foreigners centre stage in Cameron's speech
David Cameron went back to traditional Tory issues in his conference speech in an effort to firm up his grassroots. Tax cuts, controlling immigration, a referendum on the proposed European Union treaty and the need to 'support families' were all prominent in the Conservative leader's lengthy speech. Quoting a school teacher he had met who had told him the key to improving schools was "discipline, discipline, discipline", Mr Cameron said the Tories would scrap appeals against head teachers' decisions on expulsions. He pledged to end the "couple penalty" on benefits, and recognise marriage in the tax system. He said the Conservatives were ready for a snap poll, adding: "We will fight, and Britain will win."
4 Oct 2007
Lib Dems: Time for a Bedford Borough Bag Ban?
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats are calling for a public consultation which could lead to a ban on environmentally harmful carrier bags across the Borough. The Lib Dems want to put to the public the question of whether a ban, a levy or a deposit scheme for all plastic and paper shopping bags given out at retailers in the Borough should be introduced.
3 Oct 2007
Iraq - Brown accused of manipulating figures and ignoring Parliament
UK troops in Basra are to be cut by 1,000 by the end of the year, Gordon Brown has said on a visit to Iraq. However, it has emerged that the withdrawal of 500 of these troops had been announced in July, and 270 of them are already back home. 4,500 UK troops are expected to remain at the Basra Airport base into next year. The announcement was branded "cynical politics" by the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives.
3 Oct 2007
GRAYRIGG CRASH REPORT POINTS FINGER AT SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND POOR INTERNAL SYSTEMS
MP Reiterates call for public inquiry
3 Oct 2007
Lib Dem MPs lobby Ministers on farm prices
Local MP Tim Farron has joined with a group of fellow Liberal Democrat MPs to lobby the Secretary of State for DEFRA Hillary Benn on the cripplingly low prices offered to farmers by supermarkets following the outbreak of foot and mouth. Mr Farron, who last week called on the Prime Minister to force supermarkets to 'play fair', joined with six other MPs, including the Lib Dem spokesman on the Environment Chris Huhne to persuade supermarket bosses to heed the call.
3 Oct 2007