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Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
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
Liberal Democrat Acting Leader boycotts state visit by Saudi King
Acting Liberal Democrat Leader Vince Cable is boycotting the state visit of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Dr Cable has turned down an invite to a Buckingham Palace banquet in the King's honour, citing Saudi Arabia's poor human rights record, and the alleged corruption around the regime's arms deal with the British firm BAE.
29 Oct 2007
Housing expert advises Lib Dem campaigners
Park Cllr Robin Lawrence and St Peter's candidate Zahid Shah went to meet Paul Holmes MP, the Lib Dem spokesman on housing. They told Mr Holmes about the difficulties tenants of Wolverhampton Homes in their wards were experiencing and he was able to give them useful advice.
29 Oct 2007
ELDR Congress calls for global solutions for a global problem
Prolonged international co-operation and actions are needed as the world faces up to tackling climate change. This was the message from a debate, entitled 'International action on climate change', during the recent congress of the European Liberal Democrats (ELDR) held in Berlin
29 Oct 2007
Lib Dem secure local improvements
Buckhurst Hill Lib Dems have been successful in getting the county council to repair the railings by Station Way shops.
29 Oct 2007
Wolverhampton's celebrity hermit has died.
Josef Stawinoga, a Polish war veteran, had lived in a tent in the middle Wolverhampton's ring road for more than 35 years. West Midlands Police confirmed the body of an 87-year-old man, named locally as Mr Stawinoga, was found in a tent on Sunday afternoon. The city council paid tribute to him saying he was part and parcel of life in the city for decades. If no next of kin or friends come forward to organise the funeral, the council will make the necessary arrangements.
28 Oct 2007
Wolverhampton members prepare to choose a new Party leader
A large contingent from Wolverhampton were in a packed house at Benn Hall in Rugby to see Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne go head to head at the West Midlands Leadership Hustings on Saturday 27 October. Both Chris and Nick said that they wanted to project the Liberal Democrats as the radical party of change and set themselves a quest to break the mould of two party politics over two parliaments. Both spoke eloquently with their own particular style, and either will make a leader who is capable of delivering on the party's aspirations.
28 Oct 2007