Local Lib Dem Euro MP Sharon Bowles’ radical plan to make lending to SMEs more attractive
SE England Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles is regularly named as one of the most influential Members of the European Parliament,...
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14 Nov 2011
National News
UKIP jobs claim "deluded" says Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson
Following a heated exchange between UKIP leader Nigel Farage MEP and Lib Dem MEP Sir Graham Watson during a BBC debate this weekend, in which the UKIP leader stated that "not one single British job depends on EU membership", Watson has called on Farage to justify his statements.
SGWMEP
14 Nov 2011
UK could legislate to curb excessive pay - Cable
(Reported by Reuters) The government could introduce legislation next year to curb excessive executive pay, Business Secretary Vince Cable said on Sunday.
14 Nov 2011
Free early years education for two-year olds in Blackburn & Darwen
Free early education will be extended to 140,000 disadvantaged two-year- olds, and parents will be able to access the free entitlement more flexibly, under plans published by the Government last week. In Blackburn and Darwen, around 600 two-year olds are expected to benefit from the proposals.
14 Nov 2011
DON’T SUFFER IN SILENCE - Domestic Abuse roadshows…
Bedford Borough Council is holding roadshow events throughout Bedford to highlight Domestic Abuse Awareness week running...
14 Nov 2011
Lib Dems launch petition to save 73 Evening Bus Service
Lib Dem Councillor and well known Transport campaigner David Kendall has launched a campaign to save the 73 evening bus service which operates between Pilgrims Hatch and Warley via Brentwood High Street. The service, which has a County Council supported contract, is under threat of being axed because of low passenger numbers and a final decision on it's future is due to be made in the New Year. David is urging bus users and residents on the route who are concerned about losing this service to sign the Lib Dems online petition, and e-mail the County Council at local.busteam@essex.gov.uk or telephone 0845 6037631 to let the County Council know their views and how the axing of this service would affect them. David said: "There are very few evening bus services operating in Brentwood at the moment and we need to do all we can to save what we've got. This is a classic case of "Use it or Lose it" because we need to get passenger numbers up if the service is going to be maintained. "My Lib Dem colleagues and I
13 Nov 2011