Calls today (Wednesday 24th January) by Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell MP for British forces to begin a "staged withdrawal" from Iraq in May, with the last forces leaving by the end of October, have been backed by Dundee Liberal Democrats.
"You may be aware that today I led a debate in the House of Commons over the new Liberal Democrat strategy for bringing British troops home from Iraq by the end of October. You can read and watch more about what I said at http://tinyurl.com/26ykb8
The Council ran two "workshops" on 19th January to discuss the Upper High Street development area. They received such an encouraging response that the doors had to be closed at the 3.00 pm session. Those who couldn't get in were asked to attend the evening meeting instead. This too was packed out, with standing room only. Cllr Julie Morris, a member of the Council's working party that set up this event said "The turn-out was really tremendous. The Council should learn from this and in future automatically arrange similar events for all major development sites in Epsom and Ewell".
Cornish Liberal Democrat MPs participated today (24th January) in a debate on the First Great Western's dire performance. During the debate it became clear that problems exist in every area of its franchise and with every aspect of its service. All the MPs indicated that they had received huge numbers of complaints from the travelling public, covering the inadequate and perverse timetable, the collapse in reliability and productivity, enormous fare increases and the declining standard of rolling stock. This culminated in the recent action to withdraw carriages from Cornwall to address chaos in Bristol leaving Cornish travellers with only a bus service.
Local MP, Tim Farron will dash back to London this Friday to back the Sustainable Communities Bill, when it is due to be debated on the floor of the House of Commons.
Local MP, Tim Farron held his first Youth Forum last Friday which gives young people in the area the chance to air their concerns and talk to Tim. The event was well attended by pupils from schools across the constituency, and many important issues were discussed in considerable detail.
