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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 Democrats Oppose County Council Cuts in Services
Liberal Democrat County Councillors have voiced their strong opposition to cuts in services by the Conservative administration. The Conservative run Cabinet has this Autumn decided to terminate all Pegasus school bus services in July 2010, to reduce the ordinary public bus services and reduce the number of roads to be gritted in winter in advance of ice and snow.
15 Dec 2009
Liberal Democrats welcome Tory U-turn on Incineration
For many years the Liberal Democrats have been arguing that there are better and safer modern green alternatives to mass burn incineration. The announcement by the Tories that they will abandon "energy from waste" (mass burn incineration) has finally recognised that the Lib Dem position has been correct all long. Apart from the environmental impact, mass burn incineration is known to discourage councils from recycling waste.
15 Dec 2009
PADDY ASHDOWN TO VISIT TRURO ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
Former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown and Prospective MP Terrye Teverson will be visiting Truro RBL to highlight the problems faced by serving and ex-service men and women later this week.
15 Dec 2009
Gap between rich and poor GCSE pupils shameful says Laws
Commenting on today's Government figures showing the huge GCSE achievement gap between pupils from rich and poor backgrounds, David Laws said "It is shameful that the most disadvantaged children are only half as likely to get five good GCSEs than those who are better off."
15 Dec 2009
Brussels loses patience with Harriet Harman over UK gay employment discrimination
The European Commission is threatening the UK government with a European court order and possible fine for breaching EU employment equality laws, by giving faith organisations wide latitude to discriminate against lesbian, gay and bisexual employees on grounds of religiously-motivated prejudice. Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford said: "I have been campaigning on poor British implementation of European equality measures for a decade, ever since I became an MEP. The UK government has failed to make clear that religious freedom of thought must end at the point that it becomes unlawful discrimination against gay staff."
15 Dec 2009
MAXI WASTE - New Recycling Centre Update
Liberal Democrat campaigner Simon Sansome held a public meeting in local pub 'Tom Hoskins' regarding the Maxi Waste new recycling centre on Wesley Street.
15 Dec 2009