"Nick Clegg: Bar the gates. No summer holiday before the overhaul" - how The Guardian headlined the Lib Leader's proposals for big changes to our political system on May 28th 2009.
These days there are many issues that cannot be tackled just by taking action at home. Making a difference on climate change, international crime and the economy means that we have to work with our European neighbours to deliver effective international action.
Nick Clegg has had a great few weeks taking a strong stand on cleaning up Parliament and leading the call for a complete overhaul of our political system. Last week at Prime Minister's Question Time he challenged Gordon Brown to reform our electoral systems. Now even Brown's own ministers are echoing Nick's call. I hope that you have been able to see the lead article in today's Guardian which sets out a 100-day plan to reform government, you can read it online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/27/politicians-constitutional-reform-nick-clegg
Conservative Councillors have been attacked for their 'breathtaking hypocrisy' after claiming to be supporters of mobile CCTV units, despite having voted to block their use at every opportunity. The cameras, which allow a better-targeted, more effective approach to improving community safety than blanket CCTV coverage were finally introduced in Bedford Borough last year following years of Liberal Democrat pressure.
Britain's politicians should be barred from taking their summer holidays until the constitutional crisis sparked by the expenses row is resolved and "every nook and cranny" of the political system is reformed, Nick Clegg declares today.
DOREEN, KAREN, and GREG have met with council highways officers to draw up this year's hit list for road and pavement resurfacing, after the city council agreed Lib Dem plans for £7m extra investment.
