700 homeless people in Manchester set to receive warm clothes
More than 700 people in Greater Manchester will receive warm clothing in time for the coldest Christmas period. More than 1,000...
23 Nov 2016
National News
Brexit: You broke it, you fix it.
It's now five months since the EU referendum on June 23rd: plenty of time, you might have thought, for a government which appointed ministers committed to Brexit to key posts to have developed a strategy. Yet confusion reigns in Whitehall and Westminster. The clock is ticking towards Theresa's pledged date of invoking Article 50 by the end of March. Yet the government seems more focused on fighting a court case to limit the involvement of Parliament than in setting out its preferred future relationship with our neighbours on the European continent. This is a degree of incompetence about which we should be angry, on top of our anger at the false promises and illusions of the Leave campaign. Some, at least, of the leaders of the Leave campaign should have had a strategy for negotiating a new relationship with the EU. But the coalition of ideologues and opportunists who led the Leave campaign only agreed on what they did not want. Economists for Britain wanted unilateral free trade; Professor Tim Congdon is stil
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23 Nov 2016
Lib Dems Deliver: Renters' Rights
Following Lib Dem pressure to help renters afford a home and reduce upfront costs, the Government has announced a ban on letting fees for tenants in the Autumn Statement.
23 Nov 2016
A smart innovation by Lib Dem HQ for the party’s all-member internal elections
One of the pairs of themes running through my Targeting Plus pamphlet about the Liberal Democrats is the intertwined argument that: 1 the Lib Dems need to take data seriously, which means working in ways to collect, correct and expand data into all the party's activities, and 2 shared platforms which are usable from national HQ through to local ward are best as that way the investment in time and money to keep them running maximises the knock-on benefit for everyone else in the party too That's why the innovative approach being used for the one-member one-vote elections for the party's federal committees and associated bodies is so good. (Side-note: I'm standing. Votes, however innovative or traditional, most welcome.)
23 Nov 2016
Local Plan consultation to be extended but Rugby Liberal Democrats concerned not all information will be included
At a full Rugby Borough Council meeting on Tuesday 15 November, Rugby Liberal Democrats Councillors tabled an amendment that would have seen the Local Plan consultation process extended until Spring next year, so key infrastructure information would be available for analysis.
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23 Nov 2016
Christmas Lights Switch On!
Bedford's Christmas Lights Switch On event will take place on Thursday 24th November, at 7pm, along The Embankment. Everyone is invited to attend this free Christmas event when Bedford Borough Council will light up the town with another magnificent firework display to mark the start of the Christmas period.
23 Nov 2016