Conservatives in Essex are reluctant to sign up to the green agenda. On 10 October the Essex County Council ruling group initially refused to accept a motion calling on the council to sign the Nottingham Declaration which commits the council to action on climate change. The Tories also failed to commit to publishing an action plan, within a year, stating their proposals for dealing with climate change and cutting CO2 emissions.
As the regional and state Liberal Democrat Autumn conferences kick off, DELGA is going for a higher profile in the party around the country with stalls at many of them. Today saw DELGA stalls at Lib Dem regional conferences in the West Midlands and North West.
As reported earlier in the year the one part of the Liberal Democrat plans to tackle Climate Change is to use the tax system to switch taxation from income and on to pollution. In the past week Liberal Democrats across the country have been taking the message on Climate Change and the Green Tax Switch to streets and shopping centres.
A new gene mutation linked to Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis has been identified by US and Canadian experts.
Thousands of patients are missing out on a treatment which could save their sight, a group of charities has warned.
According to sources, the Queens Counsel has now confirmed the Tory administrations decision to exclude Lib Dems from the Councils planning committee was incorrect. Now, Cllr John Crane tells us he awaits answers to his questions regarding the cost of conferring and in relation to the legality of planning decisions made, during which there was no Lib Dem representation:
