Josh Takes Belgrave Residents Views To Council Leader
Belgrave Lib Dem campaigner Josh Ramji met with Cllr. Roger Blackmore, the City Council Leader, to discuss concerns she had got from local people in Belgrave.
20 Apr 2007
Liberal Democrats win pension entitlement for carers
The Liberal Democrats have won a concession from the government, which will give around 40,000 carers an entitlement to the basic state pension. In response to amendments tabled by the Lib Dems at committee stage of the Pensions Bill, the government yesterday - during the Bill's report stage - conceded a scheme whereby people who care for more than 20 hours per week for people who aren't necessarily in receipt of disability related benefits, where this is certificated by a social care or health professional, will accrue entitlement to the basic state pension.
20 Apr 2007
Essex Tories in Disarray
Commenting on news that Cllr Rodney Bass, cabinet member for highways and transportation has resigned from the cabinet and that Cllr Mark Cossens and Cllr Pierre Oxley have resigned from the Conservative group at county hall, with Cllr Cossens also sacked as chair of the Corporate policy development group, Liberal Democrat leader, Cllr Tom Smith-Hughes said:
20 Apr 2007
Dundee LibDems welcome proposals for energy efficient homes
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Friday 20th April) welcomed Scottish LibDem plans to help families make their homes more energy friendly.
20 Apr 2007
Action Needed To Stop Deaths From Winter Cold
Commenting on the publication of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group's Fifth Annual Report, Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield, said:
20 Apr 2007
The National Mood
The way in which a national mood spreads across the whole of the UK is fascinating to observe. In 1995 a wave of revulsion against harsh Thatcherite policies and Tory sleaze swept the country. The Conservatives were first thrown out of thousands of Council seats around 1995 and then out of national office in 1997.
PHMP
20 Apr 2007