MASSIVE VICTORY FOR LIB DEMS IN CITY COUNCIL BY-ELECTION
Liberal Democrat candidate Joe Taylor today has won a resounding victory in Thursday's Truro City Council by-election.
26 Sep 2008
National News
Liberal Democrat Victory in Hampstead Town!
Linda Chung was elected as the Liberal Democrat councillor for Hampstead Town on 25 September 2008. Linda won the seat from the Conservatives with a massive swing and overturned a Tory majority of 549 votes to secure her own majority of 128.
26 Sep 2008
DELGA backs call for action ahead of legislation
DELGA has welcomed a call today by Government Equalities Office director general Jonathan Rees for action in all public bodies before the introduction of the proposed Equality Bill. DELGA Chair Jen Yockney said, "the public sector is providing services and employment funded by everyone - and that includes lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) taxpayers' money. As such it is only right that public sector organisations should work to make sure not simply freedom from direct and deliberate discrimination against LGBT people, but to remove barriers that are less obvious such as ways of working that have evolved under an assumption of heterosexual cisgender life experience."
25 Sep 2008
Make it happen in Bedford
Following the launch of the "Make It Happen" vision and values paper at Liberal Democrat conference last week, Bedford and Kempston Liberal Democrats have launched a "Make It Happen in Bedford" statement.
25 Sep 2008
What are our streets for?
The national 'In Town, Without My Car' day passed this week (22 September) without being even acknowledged by the ruling Conservative party at Essex County Council, denying local communities any chance to participate. This annual campaign is run to remind all highway users that our streets are shared by road and pavement users and that there are other people using the same space.
25 Sep 2008
TRURO PENSIONER WINS WATER DISPUTE WITH SWW
Liberal Democrat campaigner, Terrye Teverson, condemned South West Water this week for not taking action earlier to help an elderly pensioner in Truro.
25 Sep 2008