Commenting on the Home Secretary's announcement that stop and search powers will be subject to stricter conditions, Tom Brake MP, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs, Justice and Equality, said "This is a very welcome announcement. Section 44 was an unreasonable power, applied in an indiscriminate way."
Simon Wright, MP for Norwich South, has won the 'Bupa Fitbug Parliamentary challenge on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, with two other MPs winning for their parties: Rt Hon David Davis (Conservative) and Fiona Mactaggart MP (Labour). Members of Parliament were challenged to walk the most steps over two weeks in the hope of winning a £1,000 Bupa donation to a local charity of their choice.
A COUNCILLOR has criticised Brentwood Council for not notifying residents about a plan to build 71 flats on their doorstep.
Bradford on Avon is the worst place in Wiltshire for air pollution, according to a Wiltshire Council report.
The recent Lib Dem campaign successes, and the way 'Cleggmania' hit the UK after the first party leaders' television debate, was not lost on the foreign press nor on our sister parties in Europe and the Commonwealth.
by Robert Woodthorpe-Browne