An illegal war, complicity in torture and a 'peculiar relationship with truth' mean Tony Blair must not become President of the EU Council of Ministers, Wolverhampton's Liberal Democrat MEP Liz Lynne said.
Liberal Democrat Leader Cllr David Kendall has slammed the Conservative administration running Brentwood Borough Council for the damning report they have received from the Audit Commission and has demanded to know if anyone is going to accept responsibility for the financial mess?
The Hitchin and Harpenden website won an award at the Liberal Democrat regional conference in Huntingdon on Saturday. Alan Window, who handed out the awards, commended the use of images and the fact that the website had been recently updated. Said parliamentary candidate, Nigel Quinton, "I am delighted with this award - thanks to Amelia, Rob, Anthony and Louise who have helped develop the site over the past 24 months".
At the Spelthorne Council meeting on 29th October the Liberal Democrat group proposed a motion seeking to get the Council to sign-up to the 10:10 campaign. This is a grass roots campaign to get individuals and organisations to cut their energy consumption by 10% in 2010 to help arrest the progress of climate change.
Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather has stepped up the pressure on the government to rethink the unfair Caribbean passenger tax. Joined by popular broadcaster Floella Benjamin, as well as representatives of leading Caribbean organisations, Sarah handed in a petition to Chancellor of the Exchequer.
TV Licensing, the organisation responsible for the collection and enforcement of the television licence fees will be running a concentrated enforcement initiative to target those evading the licence fee during November and December in Leicester.