A report-back from the european parliament by Bill Newton-Dunn
A report-back from the parliament.
21 Sep 2009
National News
Civil Liberties are in our DNA
Speaking from the Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth, Parliamentary Spokesman Cllr David Kendall has welcomed the Civil Liberty Policy Paper passed by Lib Dem members today.
20 Sep 2009
Cutting 10% of our emissions in 2010
10:10 is an ambitious project to unite every sector of British society behind one simple idea: that by working together we can achieve a 10% cut in the UK's carbon emissions in 2010. Gedling Libdems are urging Gedling Borough Council to join the campaign and commit to cutting its carbon footprint.
20 Sep 2009
Decision by Bucks CC to choose Energy from Waste (EFW) facility in Bedfordshire "inappropriate and premature".
Lib Dem's county group's position statement on the EFW announcement by BCC. .
20 Sep 2009
Liberal Democrats - Standing Up for Civil Liberties
Liberal Democrat Campaigner Jonathan Webber has called for a Freedom Bill to guarantee our civil liberties. Jonathan said "The last twenty years has seen the steady erosion of civil liberties in Britain and a generation of children are growing up as strangers to the treasured freedoms on which Britain once prided itself whilst the Government is spending billions of pounds collecting more and more of people's personal data. Britain now has the largest DNA database in the world, including data on a million innocent people, there is one CCTV camera for every fourteen people in Britain and surveillance powers designed to fight serious crime and terrorism have been used over 10,000 times by councils in the last five years."
20 Sep 2009
Folkestone and Hythe Labour Candidate admits "an unmitigated failure of the 1st order"
The Labour prospective Candidate for Folkestone and Hythe, Donald Worsley, has slammed his Party's leadership in the face of what he called "an unmitigated failure" for his Party in the June elections in Kent.
20 Sep 2009