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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.

Observer newspaper backs Liberal Democrats "principled consistency"

"Support the Lib Dems next Thursday", says The Observer. As well as its Editorial, an article by Andrew Rawnsley praises Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats in the run-up to the elections for the European Parliament and the County Council as the one party that has consistently advocated Constitutional Reform and the one that has come out of the expenses scandal much less sleazed than either Labour or the Tories.

Poll puts Liberal Democrats ahead of Labour

The ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph (31 May) is the worst possible news for the Prime Minister as he enters his most important week since taking power with Labour expecting a hammering in Thursday's local and European elections.

Observer backs Liberal Democrats

On Sunday 31 May 2009 the Observer's main editorial was headed "On Europe, one party is showing the way" and it backed the Liberal Democrat's position.

Lib Dems' £1 million additional road funding: time to fight back against Tories' appalling backlog of repairs

As Bedford Borough Council embarks on its summer programme of road improvement works, the Liberal Democrats have declared that the £1 million additional funding they added into the budget at no extra cost to the taxpayer should signal the start of the 'fight back' against the appalling backlog of repairs that was allowed to build up by the Tory- run County council.

Shropshire Star – DK’s expenses

Telegraph turns spotlight on expenses of Folkestone & Hythe MP Howard

The Telegraph has today claimed that Folkestone and Hythe Conservative MP Michael Howard charged the taxpayer £17,351 for "gardening services" at his designated second home in Kent.