Chris Bramall , prospective Liberal Democrat candidate for the Stourbridge constituency (Stourbridge, Quarry Bank, Cradley and Dudley Wood) has signed up to the 10:10 campaign. This is a promise to reduce personal carbon emissions by 10% in 2010 in order that thousands of individuals and organisations, working together, can achieve a 10% reduction of the UK's carbon emissions in 2010.
The case for the Liberal Democrats
It has been announced that the 81/82 service, which was under threat, has been saved.
Serious concerns have been raised about Conservative plans for an £8,000 payment for residential care after figures released today by the Liberal Democrats have revealed that 3.5m pensioner households (66%) do not have assets of £8,000 excluding their homes.
Commenting following today's cross party Age UK, at which the health spokespeople of the three main parties met to discuss the reform of social care, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate Heather Kidd said:
Figures uncovered by Lib Dem Stephen Robinson have revealed that taxpayers will have to pay nearly FOUR times the actual building cost of the Broomfield Hospital extension over the lifetime of the private sector contract. The actual building cost is £148 million but taxpayers will pay £678 million in rent and charges over the 30 year contract.
