SURREY CONSERVATIVES want to increase your council tax by a whopping 15%. The Financial mess they have got us into is now so bad that this is the only way they can see of preventing even more huge cuts across the board. In simple terms, we don't have enough money to pay for the services we deserve.
The instability fostered in the world by poverty, migration, climate change, conflict, must be tackled collectively, says Baroness Northover. UK Aid is having a powerful effect around the world - helping to alleviate poverty, tackle disease and support economic development. This impact was emphasised in the Department for International Development's (DfID) Bilateral and Multilateral Development Reviews, published last December.
Welcome to the 4000 people who have joined the Liberal Democrats over the past month. This is basically a revision of a post that I first did in May 2015 when many joined the party in the wake of the election result (and revised after the Referendum) in the hope that it might be useful to tell you a little bit about how our party works and give you a bit of an idea of the opportunities open to you. If you are not yet a member, read it and if you think it sounds appealing, sign up here. What do we believe? Before we get into the nitty gritty of organisation, the best statement of who we are and what we're about can be found in the Preamble to our Constitution which underlines how we believe in freedom, opportunity, diversity, decentralisation and internationalism. Here's a snippet:
I've covered before the great progress Elaine Bagshaw and team are making in rebuilding the Liberal Democrats in Tower Hamlets. Now the local party has its first local councillor too as Andrew Cregan, councillor for Island Gardens ward, has switched to the Liberal Democrats over Jeremy Corbyn and Labour's support for Brexit. The switch means Labour loses its overall majority on the council. Andrew Cregan said:
Liberal Democrat Leader Tim Farron said: