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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.

14 Sep 2022
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Passport campaign wholly legitimate - Clegg

Responding to the Home Office criticism of the Liberal Democrats campaign to encourage people to reapply for passports early, to stop their details being added to the Identity Cards database, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Nick Clegg MP said: "It is entirely inappropriate for a department of state to question an entirely legitimate form of protest, against a scheme which many people do not support. As recommended by Charles Clarke, we are encouraging people to apply for passports early, to avoid having important personal details added to a database, which may well not be secure. We are recommending that citizens reapply as soon as possible, as the Government refuses to give us a firm start date for their authoritarian scheme."

25 May 2006
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Liberal Democrats top Friends of the Earth poll on climate change

A Friends of the Earth on-line poll today puts the Liberal Democrats far ahead of the other main parties in caring about climate change. Asked 'which of the three main parties cares most about climate change?', nearly 83 per cent of the respondents named the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives were in second place on 12 per cent and Labour on 6 per cent.

25 May 2006
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Ninewells Hospital

Councillors to meet NHS Tayside over hospital parking issue

Dundee City Council Leader, Cllr Jill Shimi, together with West End Councillors Fraser Macpherson and Neil Powrie, have today (Thursday 25th May) said that they are making arrangements to meet with NHS Tayside's chief operating officer Gerry Marr about the issue of car parking charges at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital.

25 May 2006
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