Creating a fair and green Britain
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DG
17 Feb 2010
National News
Tories Abandon Environment As A Priority
The Tories today published a list of 'Ten reasons to vote Conservative' which did not include any reference to the environment or climate change. This is despite David Cameron's claim that he has 'sought to push the environment up to the top of the political agenda', and his own Shadow Climate Change Secretary Greg Clark's assertion that Cameron 'wanted the environment to be a very important part of the proposition we put to the public at the General Election.'
17 Feb 2010
Lib Dem Leader grilled on Pink News
Nick Clegg MP is interviewed by readers of Pink News today. Questions cover issues like tuition fees and ID cards, as well as more obvious "LGBT issues" like same-sex marriage, tackling homophobic bullying and attacks, and the ban on gay and bisexual men, and their female partners, donating blood.
17 Feb 2010
West Street Traffic Lights - You wouldn't BT leave it
Sometimes you just couldn't make it up. After 2 months of traffic misery, BT have condemned us to another 11 day delay.
17 Feb 2010
Lib Dem calls for council tax freeze
Epping Forest residents deserve a break from relentless council tax rises, according to the Liberal Democrats. At last night's district council budget meeting Liberal Democrat councillors proposed a council tax freeze. However the Lib Dem budget amendment was rejected, meaning that council tax will increase again this year. Liberal Democrat Group Leader Jon Whitehouse, who proposed the budget amendment, said:
17 Feb 2010
RA Councillors put 'Group unity' first
In an impressive display of 'Group unity' RA Councillors voted unanimously on Tuesday evening to follow their party line and back the imposition of parking charges on disabled people in all council-run car parks, even if they qualify for a 'Blue Badge'.
17 Feb 2010