International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2015: Invisible disabilities and seeing beyond the wheelchair
'Using an accessible toilet or disabled parking space isn't a luxury or a privilege'Istock
14 Dec 2015
National News
Commission on Local Taxation in Scotland
ALTER MEMBER Jhonti Bird reports...
JB
14 Dec 2015
NEELD's new Exec
Following the AGM and the first meeting of the newly-elected Executive Committee, which made a co-option and settled a non-elected responsibility, the new Executive Committee to run the local party is:
14 Dec 2015
Farron: New Homes Need Affordable Flood Insurance
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has written to the Prime Minister to urge changes to a new flood insurance scheme, which would otherwise leave those in new homes unprotected and therefore liable for unaffordable insurance premiums.
14 Dec 2015
EU bulletin 14th December 2015 Refugee crisis, Brits on dole in EU
The IMF is becoming increasingly concerned about the lack of consensus among EU countries to address the refugee crisis, and its impact on the freedom of movement within the Schengen area, senior officials from the institution said on Friday (11 November), EurActiv reports. The declining interest in more integration, and the discord between the member states, are so significant that the Fund considers them as important risks for the Union. See the report here: http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/erosion-schengen-worrying-imf-says-320387
PMEM
14 Dec 2015
Climate change deal shows there has never been a better time to support the Liberal Democrats
The world woke yesterday morning to an early Christmas gift. Not a novelty knitted jumper or bottle of tipple, but something more poignant altogether. Unconventionally, the gift in question was not only immaterial, but universal, unquantifiable, and intergenerational: the prospect of a deal on climate change in Paris. The final agreement includes a commitment to keeping temperature rises 'significantly below' 2C, with the aim of 1.5C as a target. Whilst 2 degrees may sound inconsequential, the difference between today's average global temperature and that during the last ice age is around 5 degrees. Our climate has never changed so rapidly, it's unequivocally due to human activity, and avoiding the problem could result in temperature rises of 5-6C by the end of this century. Ask a climate scientist to describe what a 5-degree-world would be like, and you might just wish that you hadn't.
JH
14 Dec 2015