Oxfordshire County Council became the first County Council in the UK to sign the EU Charter for Equality between men and women in local life after Liberal Democrat Group Leader Cllr Zoé Patrick urged this with a motion in June. Liberal Democrats in Opposition at the County Council were aware of the importance of being seen to sign up to this important Charter as much work was going on behind the scenes.
Liberal Democrats are surprised and disappointed at the Government decision to reject a bid by local schools in North Oxfordshire to run a diploma course for their pupils in Environment and Land Management from the start of this school term.
Catherine attended a packed meeting of councillors and activists in Winchester on Saturday. On the Agenda were policy issues affecting old people, bus users, householders and school children across Hampshire.
Local Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles is standing up for local football teams in the South East - championing the collective selling of TV rights that allows small clubs to compete with the famous teams.
Child protection across Europe could soon receive a major boost with the creation of a Europe-wide missing child recovery system.
The recent turmoil on the financial markets has shown just how interlinked our different countries' economies are.
