National News

Tim Farron arriving at Autumn 2016 Conference

Urgent The Single Market

In this morning's Sunday Times, the Conservatives finally admitted what we've all suspected for months. They want a hard Brexit, that includes leaving the Single Market. Leaving the single market will be a disaster for jobs, businesses and our economy.

TFMP
15 Jan 2017
View

Top executive pay – too high, too easy

Liberal Democrats have long argued for fairness in pay between those at the top and those at the bottom in both the public and private sectors. It can be done - and is done in some sectors.

15 Jan 2017
View
.

40 MPH DEMAND IN HOPE VALLEY BLACKSPOT

Heather is urging the Council and police to take more rigorous action to curb speeding on the notorious A488 through the Hope Valley, a road that has seen a spate of accidents over the past few years..

15 Jan 2017
View
Lib Dem logo bird projected on blockwork

Plans for Kempton Park released

Just when you think it has gone quiet on building on the green belt at Kempton Park we get the news that Redrow are not only planning to build 1,500 houses on Jockey Club land but want to purchase the whole site with a view to building 3,000 new homes.

14 Jan 2017
View
Lib Dem logo bird projected on blockwork

Nick Clegg: Blaming liberalism for the world’s political turmoil is just too easy

Critics are using a misconceived version of the ideology to explain the financial crash and the rise of populism John Stuart Mill would be spinning in his grave. British liberalism - of which he was the intellectual godfather - has been extolled around the world for generations as the font of fair play, political stability and individual rights. Yet now, all of a sudden, liberalism is blamed for the rise of Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen and every other form of angry populism across the democratic world.

NCMP
14 Jan 2017
View

This website uses cookies

Please select the types of cookies you want to allow.