Lib Dem Youth and Students Speak Up for Shepway
Shepway Lib Dem Youth and Students (SLDYS) have today staged a protest outside the Conservative Party's HQ in Folkestone.
30 Mar 2004
Government's double standards on energy efficiency - Stunell
Leading the Parliamentary debate today on the Government's commitment to increasing energy efficiency standards in all homes, Liberal Democrat Energy Spokesman, Andrew Stunell, will challenge the Government to put sustainability at the heart of housing.
30 Mar 2004
Carroll fights to save Shepway services
Local Lib Dem campaigner Peter Carroll has joined the fight to save Shepway services from closure. The Labour Government has already forced the Council to make cuts to Public Toilets, tourism funding, the Airshow, and grass verge cutting.
29 Mar 2004
SCOTLAND: Lib Dems launch new aviation policy
Scottish Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Cross-Border Transport John Barrett MP today called on the Scottish Executive to champion high speed rail links between Scotland and the South of England to provide greener alternatives to air travel.
28 Mar 2004
Helping hand for lunch club
The Brickfields Lunch Club has been reprieved, thanks to Colin Taylor. The club is run by Rethink, a charity that supports people with mental health problems. To ensure the club can continue into 2005, Colin provided more than £3,000 from his discretionary allocation as a County Councillor.
26 Mar 2004
Chancellor's budget cash handout to school heads is not new money
Gordon Brown's apparent budget hand out of extra money for school heads is another example of the same money being recycled in a different guise. In the budget Mr. Brown announced that a typical primary school of 250 pupils would receive a direct payment of £55,000 and a 1000 pupil secondary school could expect a cheque for £180,000. An e-mail from the Department of Education and Skills received by Kingsbridge Community College recently confirmed that this is not new money. These payments are nothing more than a combination of the existing School Standards Fund and the Devolved Formula Capital Grant that were previously announced.
26 Mar 2004