Well-known Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik joined Councillor Ann Haigh and a team of campaigners outside Loughton Station handing out surveys to find out how the current economic situation is affecting the life of residents in Epping Forest.
Commenting on the £50 million Kent County Council had deposited in now collapsed Icelandic banks, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Folkestone and Hythe, Neil Matthews, commented:
Voters in Shrewsbury will have the chance vote for a local GP at the next general election.
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The European Parliament is urging member states to give EU-wide recognition to same-sex partnerships forged under the national law of any one of them in the same way as marriage. This would then allow those partners to take advantage of EU free movement laws to live anywhere in Europe, without forfeiting legal and tax advantages. London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford, the party's European justice & human rights spokeswoman who is a persistent campaigner for equal rights, is strongly supporting the call. It comes in a declaration which if supported by half of MEPs demands a response from EU governments and the European Commission.
Local MP Tim Farron joined hundreds of drenched competitors on Saturday in the Puma Coniston Trail Race to finish an impressive 151st.