Park Ward Liberal Democrats have started to deliver their December Focus to all home in the ward. The main stories are: Claire Darke welcomes new road safety measures, Lib Dem action to reduce packaging, West Midlands need Eurostar link.
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen is supporting a proposed ban on under 18s using coin operated sun beds. The ban is due to announced by Health Secretary Alan Johnson MP in the long-awaited 'NHS cancer reform strategy'.
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has taken the fight against Ding Quarry to Parliament. Mr Rowen said: "I promised that I would raise this issue in Parliament and I have and will continue to do so. From my discussions in Parliament it seems that this is a problem that is going to face dozens of areas in the North West.
Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes has adopted a humpback whale to show his opposition to Japanese whaling.
Liberal Democrats fear that confidential details of every child in Essex to be held on a council database, will not be secure enough in the light of the government's recent loss of 25m pieces of personal information. Councillors at Essex County Council today (4 December) have now agreed to undertake regular reviews of the system.
People who rely on motorised scooters to help to cope with disabilities are to be hit with a £300 tax, after an EU ruling that they should be categorised along with "leisure vehicles".
