Shepway Lib Dem Group Leader Lynne Beaumont has been listed in a new Councillors directory of Twitter users at www.cllrtweeps.com joining Season Prater, Tim Prater, Tom McNeice and Gary Fuller who were already listed on the site.
One of the points I have noted from reading about educational theory, is that any model or ideology which is Instrumentalist or even Classical Humanist, which views education as a process for creating a workforce or suggests that knowledge is absolute and has a validity independent of moral or ethical considerations, is inherently undemocratic (e.g. The National Curriculum).
Speaking ahead of the Commission for Rural Communities' two-day hearing in Alnwick, Northumberland which will be examining the challenges facing the UK's upland communities, Liberal Democrat Defra Spokesperson Tim Farron MP has called on the inquiry to help secure a better future for hill farmers.
Wolverhampton South West Liberal Democrats are urging local MPs to be in Parliament this Friday (20 March) to give their support to a new parliamentary bill that will help cut energy bills for the poorest families and could help save the lives of up to 20,000 pensioners a year.
As the University of Cumbria prepares to welcomes Dr Peter McCaffery as its new Vice Chancellor, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has issued the incoming Vice Chancellor with a challenge to save the Ambleside Campus.
Liberal Democrats have called on the Government to review how care workers are treated by the points-based immigration system. The call was made in a wide-ranging parliamentary debate on care homes obtained by Lib Dem MP Richard Younger-Ross.
