National News

Lynne Featherstone appointed Under-Secretary of State for Equalities

Lynne Featherstone, formerly the Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Equality, has been appointed a Home Office minister. She will be the Under-Secretary of State for Equalities in the new coalition Government. Lynne has a superb record on equalities. She lead on the Equality Bill with Lib Dem amendments for trans equality and on removing the blood donation ban, which were rejected by Labour.

14 May 2010
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Lib Dem Leader on Blackburn with Darwen Council, David Foster

Local Lib Dem Leader to attend Special Conference

The Liberal Democrats have called a Special Conference to discuss the coalition agreement. Leader of the Lib Dem Group on Blackburn with Darwen Council, Cllr David Foster will be attending the Conference. He said, "The Party's M.P.s and Federal executive supported the agreement overwhelmingly. It is important that as a democratic party we give members a chance to discuss it. The conference shows how open the Lib Dems are and the conference is open to all members of the party."

14 May 2010
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