Enjoy River Festival 2016 - This Weekend!
Bedford River Festival is taking place this weekend! This huge, free festival for people of all ages to enjoy takes place...
15 Jul 2016
National News
Trident resolution
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS DO NOT BELIEVE THAT CASD WILL MAKE OUR WORLD SAFER AND THE ££££S SPENT ON TRUDENT REPLACEMENT CAN BE BETTER...
JK
15 Jul 2016
Meaningful discussions on Brexit unlikely before end 2017
Theresa May started her tenure as UK Prime Minister on 13 July, with the big decision awaiting her as to whether to trigger article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union, which sets in motion a member state's exit from the bloc. Although no member state can be forced by the other member states into activating article 50, internal conservative party politics, the markets, the position of the EU-27 and the electoral cycle across the continent will play an important role as to when this actually takes place. Of these, it is the last which may well influence the timing of any negotiations.
TC
15 Jul 2016
MP Joins Levens Schoolchildren To Highlight Speeding Campaign
South Lakes MP Tim Farron yesterday visited Levens Primary School, alongside local councillor Annie Rawlinson, to see the work the students have been doing around the issue of speeding.
15 Jul 2016
Phil Reilly becomes Lib Dems’ Director of Communications
A familiar face heads back to Lib Dem HQ. Phil Reilly, the man who wrote Nick Clegg's brilliant resignation speech which inspired 20,000 people to join the party, has been appointed interim Head of Communications following the departure of James Holt to pastures new. Phil has been working for Nick since then - including helping Nick with his new book which is coming out in September. Since the election, he's shared some funny stories on his blog, Blimey O'Reilly.
15 Jul 2016
Report of Federal Policy Committee meeting – 13 July 2016
The Federal Policy Committee is traditionally very busy in the immediate run-up to the summer holiday. That is because of conference deadlines and the need to get everything concluded before August when a lot of people are away. The most recent meeting of the committee, which came hot on the heels of the last one, was on 13th July 2016. It also happened to be the day that Labour plunged further into disarray following the revelation that Jeremy Corbyn will appear on the ballot paper in their leadership election and, of course, the country had a new Prime Minister foisted upon it.
GP
15 Jul 2016