Court closures in Suffolk - "an attack on access to justice"
As part of a wide-ranging cut in provision of court facilities, and the closure of 86 courts across England and Wales, the Lord...
14 Feb 2016
National News
Lincolnshire County Councillor Report
The four Lib Dem County Councillors continue to be part of the Administration Group, comprising also 36 Conservatives and 3 Independents that has been running the Lincolnshire County Council since 2013. The new financial settlement has just been announced and is pretty bad news. The government intends to phase out the present support grants, which account for the largest amount of funds that the County needs to run its business over the next four years. Councils will be allowed to retain all monies from Business Rates. However, this could mean in Lincolnshire a shortfall of around £200 million. Even the announcement this week that Lincolnshire will receive an extra £5 million from the extra £300 million the government has miraculously found will do little to improve matters. It looks as if the increase in the County Council's portion of the Council Tax will be just under 4%, which represents, I think, around 85p per week on a Band D property. Even with this, we still have to find another £30 million worth of
14 Feb 2016
#INtogether
Listen to Liberal Democrat #INtogether launch here
13 Feb 2016
Nick Clegg: dragnet surveillance to continue under snooper's charter
Former deputy prime minister warns draft investigatory powers bill enables Russian-style 'collection of everything on everyone' Britain's intelligence agencies will be allowed to continue with a Russian-style "dragnet approach" to the bulk collection of data under the government's proposed snooper's charter, Nick Clegg has warned.
NWC
13 Feb 2016
Lib Dem amendment to MK Council budget
http://douglasmccall.mycouncillor.org.uk/2015/02/19/labour-budget-falls/mk-council-logo/ Lib Dems want to make changes to...
13 Feb 2016
Tim Farron calls for legalisation of cannabis for recreational use
Lib Dem is first main party leader to propose decriminalisation of drug for recreational use ahead of expert report on 'legal cannabis market' Tim Farron is to become the first leader of one of Britain's main political parties to call for the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use after declaring that the war on drugs is over.
NWC
13 Feb 2016