Liberal Democrats party leader Nick Clegg MP in an article published today says, "although civil partnerships have been a step forward, until same sex marriage is permitted it is impossible to claim gay and straight couples are treated equally".
Today sees London LGBT Pride - we hope you will join the Lib Dems on the parade with our boldest Pride entry in years or see Simon Hughes, MP for Southwark & Bermondsey and former Party President, speaking from the main stage at Trafalgar Square this afternoon.
Springvale's Liberal Democrat councillors and their team have started to deliver their latest Focus newsletters to residents of the Ward. There is a PDF version in the Springvale section of the Down load area of this site. The main stories are: Road resurfacing in Lanesfield, Problems with the better homes programme, brook flooding, Liberal Democrat plans for the City.
On 23rd June the Home Renewable Energy Grant was put to the Sustainable Development Panel. This grant as worded would have restricted the Grant to only two technologies: Solar hot water and heat pumps. Both are commendable technologies but the cost of solar hot water had dropped by a third in recent years and hardly needs additional incentives.
A large scale survey undertaken by the Department of Communities and Local Government has confirmed that alternate bin collections (ABC) are less popular than weekly collections.
Newcastle North campaigner Ron Beadle appeared on the BBC's The Politics Show to condemn MPs who have second jobs.