Responding to a call at an anti-bullying conference in London that schools should log all homophobic insults Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary, Sarah Teather MP said, "Guidance must be changed immediately to require schools to log incidences of homophobic bullying so it can be properly monitored and tackled. This is an issue that blights the lives of hundreds if not thousands of pupils every single day.
Following a request by Dundee City Council LibDem Group Leader Cllr Fraser Macpherson, Council Leader Jill Shimi and Cllr Neil Powrie, a meeting with representatives of NHS Tayside including Chair Peter Bates and Chief Executive Gerry Marr has been held to discuss the new parking charges at Ninewells Hospital.
Inderjit Singh Panser went on a walk-a-bout in Rushey Mead, knocking on doors and talking to residents to seek their views on how well the City Council is running Leicester - and what they thought would be the major issues that effect Rushey Mead.
Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell MP has unveiled plans to protect and improve our environment with a major "green tax switch". The party wants to cut income tax for everyone, and take millions of the least well off out of income tax altogether, whilst instead taxing pollution more heavily.
The Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council opposed the Conservative administration's original proposals to cut funding to Surrey voluntary organisations to the tune of £838,000, because of its likely adverse impact on the most vulnerable Surrey residents. Subsequently, the Conservative administration has announced revised plans to make cuts of between £213,000 and £550,000.
The Liberal Democrat group on Surrey County Council rejected the Surrey Waste Plan when it was presented at a recent full council meeting. The group stood firmly by its position from last Autumn that the Waste Plan was a "flawed" document. Only the 10 Liberal Democrat councillors at the meeting voted against the recommendation that the Waste Plan - which sets out the County's position on suitable sites for waste treatment - should be sent forward for consideration by the government.