Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Tuesday 5th September) welcomed news that the party, along with representatives of several NGOs and other political parties, has written to the Prime Minister calling for a law on climate change to be promised in the next Queen's Speech.
Conservatives at Suffolk County Council have been accused of creating fear and confusion amongst elderly people and their carers as a result of proposed changes to day care services. The Conservative Cabinet is set to agree a consultation on the future of day services for older people at its meeting on Tuesday 5th September. Kathy Pollard, Leader of the Liberal Democrat and Independent group has criticised the letters which are being sent out to people receiving day care and their carers. She commented "These letters are creating a huge amount of uncertainty and confusion amongst elderly people. Day care is a vital lifeline to older people and their carers, but there is no reassurance in these letters that this will continue. For many carers this is the only respite they get and it enables them to continue caring for their relatives instead of putting them in residential care, which is more expensive. This consultation is also creating a huge amount of uncertainty for staff, who don't know whether they will h
The key Kent School Organisation Advisory Board (SOAB) meets this Thursday 7 September in Maidstone to consider the future of Harcourt and Morehall Primary Schools in Folkestone. Kent had proposed the "merger" of the two schools onto the Morehall school site, closing Harcourt Primary School, and have been strongly opposed by local parents, residents and the Shepway Lib Dem team amongst others.
Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke MP has given five areas in which the Labour Party in government has failed:
Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke MP has given five areas in which the Labour Party in government has failed:
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Sunday 3rd September) spoke out in support of LibDem plans to transform Britain's inadequate and complex state pensions system, with the introduction of a universal Citizen's Pension.
