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Press release on the Autumn Statement.

Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget

Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

Gateshead Lib Dems call for Winter Fuel Payments to be backdated for local pensioners

Under the Government’s plans, all pensioners earning £35,000 a year or less will now have their Winter Fuel Payments reinstated this winter. However, those who are now eligible but lost out last winter won’t be reimbursed under the Government’s plans.

Constituents in Parliament

My work on the Environmental Audit Committee

My work on the PRAM Bill

My views on the Chancellor's Spending Review

McArthur criticises SNP’s double standard on landfill dumping 

Scottish Liberal Democrat climate emergency spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today pressed the First Minister on reports that 100 truckloads of waste will be moved over the border to England daily once a landfill ban comes into place at the end of the y