Rossendale & Darwen PPC resigns
Dale Mulgrew the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for Rossendale & Darwen has unfortunately had to resign.
22 Jan 2010
National News
Straw desperate to distance himself from Blair's beliefs says Davey
"Given his central role and all we know about Blair's support for Bush's regime change plans, Straw's claim seems implausible," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary.
22 Jan 2010
Graiseley Ward gets first Focus for 2010
Eileen Birch, Graiseley Ward's candidate for the May City Council elections, and the Graiseley Focus Team have started to deliver their first Focus leaflet of the year. Eileen joined Parliamentary candidate Robin Lawrence in welcoming the Liberal Democrats' "Fairer Tax" proposals.
22 Jan 2010
LIB DEM DISGUST AT £15 MILLION IN 'ASH PAYMENTS' RECEIVED BY DOCTORS
Doctors working in hospitals earned almost £15m last year in so called 'ash cash' payments made by grieving families, figures released this week by the Liberal Democrats have revealed. The payment is made to doctors to sign a form releasing a body for cremation and our own NHS Trust, the Scarborough and North East Yorks Health Care Trust has been revealed to have earned £69,438 during 2008 and 2009 from this practice.
22 Jan 2010
View from the Commons - There has to be change.
With 10 weeks or less to go before the start of the General Election, Parliament continues to operate with an unreal air. MP's spend their time shadow boxing over election promises and debating legislation, most of which does not have time to become Law.
PHMP
22 Jan 2010
TRURO AND FALMOUTH OAPS LOSE OUT ON COLD WEATHER PAYMENTS
More than 3,000 pensioners in the Truro and Falmouth constituency will miss out on Cold Weather Payments despite recent freezing conditions, according to new figures released this week.
21 Jan 2010