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4 Dec 2017
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Farron blasts NHS England bosses for not backing down on NHS service charges
Local MP Tim Farron has hit out at NHS England bosses for not backing down on proposed service charges.
4 Dec 2017
Mental Health Services for Young People Need Massive Improvement
The government has promised a consultation document (Green Paper) on children.s and young people's health. This will include £95million for schools to appoint and train designated staff for mental health support from 2019. Stockton Liberal Democrats welcome this announcement especially since a recent survey from Parent Zone in 2016 showed 91 percent of teachers reported seeing increased rates of mental illness, 95 percent of schools deal with stress and anxiety among their pupils and just under 70 percent deal with depression.
4 Dec 2017
Lib Dems win clean sweep of by-elections
The sweep of four victories on 30 November means that the Liberal Democrats have gained seven council seats in November.
4 Dec 2017
Lewis Hastie - Unmarried but committed
It's been in the news recently that many cohabiting couples don't realise that they have no legal rights or remedies in the event of a breakup. Earlier in the year, the Court of Appeal rejected Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan when they sought a change in the law to allow heterosexual couples to enter civil partnerships. As a progressive party, believing passionately in the freedom of every individual to live their life as we please, we Liberal Democrats should seriously consider lending our support to cohabitees and to opposite sex couples wanting to enter civil partnerships as an alternative to marriage.
LH
3 Dec 2017
Lewis Hastie - Labour prevail but not comfortably...
Lewis Hastie ...
LH
3 Dec 2017