Tim Farron has welcomed indications this week from Home office minister David Hanson that Mountain Rescue teams in England may get increased home office funding for certain pieces of equipment.
MP Tim Farron has hailed the decision of South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) to offer a pilot scheme for plastic recycling in our area.
Local Lib Dems, Peter Spencer, Gavin Chambers, Janice Curd, Joyce Darby and Jill Sutcliffe have met local residents of Hornbeam Road and Chestnut Avenue.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron on Monday spent a morning with local business 'beelocal' meeting local producers and rolling up his sleeves and making deliveries in South Lakeland.
DELGA, the Liberal Democrat group for LGBT equality, has opened up a web shop to help Lib Dem campaigners. The shop stocks materials which promote the party's unparalleled record of action on equality. This includes our new postcard design for the General Election, with the slogan "We've Always Been There For You... And We Always Will", along with colourful trifold leaflets and stickers for Pride festivals.
The excellent political monthly Prospect has published an opinion piece that we hope will bring LVT to a wider audience. Written by Phillippe Legrain, who is to bring out a book "Afershock: reshaping the world economy after the crisis" in May, it gives a brief overview of the economic and social justice arguement. The article is at the Prospect webite (subcription only) but anyway the magazine is always worth buying. See http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/03/tax-the-ground-they-walk-on-2.
