Government will make sure Scotland's one million pensioners get real help - Nick Clegg
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg addressed the Scottish Liberal Democrat conference in Perth on Saturday.
8 Mar 2011
National News
Clegg and Huhne launch Government's action plan on climate change
Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne today launched the Government's Action Plan on climate change.
8 Mar 2011
Energy Plan announced to tackle Climate Change
A cross-Government action plan on climate change backed by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister is launched today setting strict actions and deadlines for Whitehall.
8 Mar 2011
Blackburn with Darwen Council Budget - no Council Tax Increase
The Labour Group on Blackburn with Darwen Group pushed through their budget last night with only the Liberal Democrats oppsoing them.
8 Mar 2011
Benefits payments could be put on 'library card'
Thousands of benefits recipients currently paid by cheque could receive their money on a token "like a library card", the government has said. Only 250,000 out of 18 million benefits claimants receive money by cheques cashed at post offices - often as they do not have a bank account. However, the system is to be run through PayPoint outlets instead, and cheques will be phased out over a year. There are 22,000 PayPoint outlets in UK supermarkets and convenience stores.
7 Mar 2011
Concerns about controversial MS treatment
Serious concerns have been raised about a controversial vein-widening treatment being offered to people with multiple sclerosis. An investigation by BBC Inside Out discovered that one doctor carrying out the procedure in Egypt is not licensed to practice medicine in that country. The BBC understands that in the UK, an NHS GP has been reported to the doctors' watchdog, the General Medical Council, for organising the treatment through his private company at a cost of nearly £8,000.
7 Mar 2011
