Birmingham Lib Dem MP John Hemming says that babies are being removed from their parents so that councils can meet adoption targets. Mr Hemming, who has tabled a Commons motion on the issue, said it was a "national scandal". He argued that social services departments are under pressure to meet targets set by government on children in care being adopted.
Standards in education for students with learning difficulties in further education is "uneven", Ofsted says.
Dundee LibDems today (Friday 26th January) backed comments by Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for North East Fife, Iain Smith who has slammed the SNP's Trident tax plans as irresponsible.
Commenting after the Heritage debate in the House of Commons yesterday, Lib Dem Arts and Heritage Spokesman Paul Holmes MP said:
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.
Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, David Laws MP and Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Women and Equality, Lorely Burt MP, have secured concessions from the Government for better pensions for voluntary carers in a debate in the House of Commons this week.
