Conservatives obsessed with punishing the self-employed - MP
Commenting on the news that the Conservative Government have scrapped a planned tax cut for millions of self-employed workers, local MP Tim Farron said:
7 Sep 2018
National News
Urgent debate needed on social care in Essex
The Local Government Association has released a 'Green Paper' on Adult Social Care. We need urgent action to save the services caring for older and disabled people from collapse.
7 Sep 2018
Bromsgrove Lib Dems demand answers on bin disruption
Local residents are angry about another week of missed bin collections leading to disruption across the town. So far the council...
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6 Sep 2018
Day Three at the Brighton Conference
Annual Conference - Brighton 15-18 September 2018 Liberal Democrats - DEMAND BETTER In the fourth and penultimate part of the Federal Conference preview, we take a look at the programme and agenda for the events at Brighton on Monday.
6 Sep 2018
Local residents betrayed by Borough council over Big Pit development
Residents living near a proposed development in Hinckley are furious after a Freedom of Information request revealed that Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council objected to there being a public hearing about plans for development on the site.
6 Sep 2018
Should child vaccinations for preventable diseases be made mandatory?
A parent or guardian faces 18 years of decision making about a wide range of issues on behalf of their child. Many of those decisions can have broad ramifications and since accurate assessment of risk is challenging for the vast majority of people we need a framework to support our decision making. We rely on experts gathering, analysing and presenting the conclusions from vast amounts of data to provide guidance on topics ranging from education to nutrition. But, how do we decide who is an expert and how do we react to the variety of ways guidance is proposed or imposed? For example, why does the law in the UK mandate your child must wear a seatbelt but only recommends they must be vaccinated?
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6 Sep 2018