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."
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."
Liberal Democrat campaigner Simon Sansome held a public meeting in local pub 'Tom Hoskins' regarding the Maxi Waste new recycling centre on Wesley Street.
Mayor of Bedford Borough Dave Hodgson has announced a major boost for the town centre with the news that not only has HMV extended the lease on its temporary Silver Street store by three months to April 2010, the major music and DVD retailer also 'firmly intends' to open a store in Bedford on a permanent basis.
The leader of Rochdale Council, Councillor Alan Taylor, is to step down from his position on grounds of ill health.
No this blog is not about tonight's full Council meeting. Last week I was at St Agnes' RC Primary School in Cricklewood. I have been a Governor there since 1988. This was my twenty second Christmas play. As usual it was the story of the Nativity. But this time we had space ships and sat-navs thrown in. So hence the title of their play "Christmas with the Aliens"
