Lib Dem Leader lends support to Save Weston A & E Campaign
The campaign to protect Weston-super-Mare's Accident and Emergency unit and reinstate overnight services received a boost on the first anniversary of overnight closure this week.
3 Jul 2018
National News
Labour's Blunder will cost a huge sum
Warrington's Development Management Committee has voted unanimously to turn down the Council's own planning application to place a Waste Transfer Station on highly congested and polluted Winwick Road, which is the principal northern gateway into the town. This reversed a decision by the Executive Board, the Council's cabinet, to place the facility there.
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3 Jul 2018
Government leaving Lake District farmers in the dark over stewardship agreements – MP
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has criticised the Government for refusing to commit to extending high-level stewardship and entry-level stewardship agreements for some farmers beyond next year.
3 Jul 2018
U.S. Cities go Renewable - article from Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
More than 70 US cities have adopted a 100 percent renewable electricity goal. That number has doubled over the last twelve months, courtesy of Donald Trump's determination to steer the nation in the opposite direct. Among the latest cities to sign up is one in the deep red south. Atlanta, Georgia has a population of 490,000 and is the largest city in the South. It hasn't set itself the most demanding of targets - the 2050 deadline is fifteen years further away than the politicians wanted - but the path they have chosen is for a homegrown energy transformation rather than relying on out of state wind power.
3 Jul 2018
Chair's Briefing in Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
We've been busier than usual here at the Green Liberal Democrats, and this copy of Challenge is testament to all that hard work.
3 Jul 2018
Whither now? Keith Melton's article in Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
Keith Melton on a rigorous afternoon debate at GLD conference
3 Jul 2018