The National Benevolent Fund for the Aged have announced that Folkestone will be one of the pick-ups points for their Eastbourne 2008 Autumn Break. To qualify for a free break, the applicant must be over 60 years old, on a low income, not had a holiday for at least 3 years, able to get on and off a coach, manage steps & care for themselves.
Loft and cavity wall insulation is now available for £199, for a typical property, under a new initiative from EDF Energy and Kent Action to Save Heat (KASH), with local residents over 70 years old offered free insulation, regardless of their income.
A group of Lib Dem MEPs has sponsored a new campaign to stop child sex tourism and the global exploitation of children for sex. With the increasing ease of travel, new technology and rising migration and displacement, children everywhere are being sexually exploited. This practice must be stopped both at home and abroad.
The amendments to the South-East Plan proposed by the Secretary of State, in response to the Independent Panel Report on the draft prepared by the Regional Assembly, have increased the demand for additional new housing sites in South-East England by a further 4%, some 15% above the carefully prepared realistic targets put forward by the region's own experts.
Liberal Democrat MP, Norman Baker, has tabled a motion to Parliament calling for an alternative to the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen. And human rights lawyer Louise Christian is representing the campaign group "Republic" in its planned legal challenge to the oath. After election, MPs must swear an oath of allegiance "to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors" or take a "solemn affirmation", in which they pledge to do the same, but without the words "I swear by Almighty God".
Women Lib Dems enjoyed their annual summer garden party, despite the rain on Saturday. The garden setting of Vice Chair, Miranda Whitehead just outside Fordingbridge in Hampshire was the setting, and thankfully the generous marquee saved the splendid spread of cakes and sandwiches from the rain.
