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Campbell sets out agenda for family-friendly policies

In a speech to the National Family and Parenting Institute today, Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Menzies Campbell said policies can only be family friendly when they put support, care and value for individuals at their heart, describing this as the Ethic of Care. He outlined Liberal Democrat policies that put ethic of care into practice by: helping to strengthen family relationships; coping with family breakdown; and raising the standard of childcare.

27 Oct 2006
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Lib Dems welcome "stunning" Tory U-turn on roads

Surrey Lib Dems welcomed a stunning U turn by Tory Surrey County Council. Just weeks after making a third of all highways staff redundant the council has admitted, after Lib Dem pressure, that it has to recruit new staff to cope with a horrendous backlog.

27 Oct 2006
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WOKING COUNCIL LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREEN FUTURE

Leader of the Executive Cllr Sue Smith, Planning Portfolio Holder Cllr Philip Goldenberg and Environment Portfolio Holder Cllr Ken Howard were joined by Deputy Chief Executive, Douglas Spinks, to send the document on its way for approval by the Government Office Councillors and senior officers from Woking Borough Council gathered in the Chamber last night (26 October 2006) to sign the final draft of Woking's Core Strategy - a key document which sets out plans for the future development of the Borough.

27 Oct 2006
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Carbon Emission's in Wolverhampton Unsustainable

Dramatic new figures revealed by the Liberal Democrats show that Wolverhampton is doing better than the country as a whole in keeping down emissions of the gases that cause climate change, but is still emitting more than twice as much carbon dioxide as the global average.

27 Oct 2006
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