Raymond Lawrie, Convener of the Dundee Liberal Democrats, has welcomed the introduction of the latest City Council's household kerbside recycling scheme to Broughty Ferry.
Following questions from the local Liberal Democrats the Police Authority revealed that nearly £3/4 million pounds had been spent on preparing for the merger between Lancashire and Cumbria Police forces. This was being forced on Authorities Autjorities by the Labour Government. The government then did a U-turn and halted the mergers. Now taxpayers will have to foot the bill. This money could have been used to increase front-line policing instead of being wasted on this pointless exercise.
Councillor were prevented from discussing the controversial demolition of houses in the Redearth Rd. area of Darwen at the last Council Meeting.
A month-long, virtual conference to take power to the people has been launched. It builds on the work of The Power Inquiry, which held a meeting in Chelmsford in Summer 2005 (see link below) as part of a nationwide consultation that reported recently. Lib Dem peer, Lord Tyler has launched www.takingpower.org as a cross-party initiative to stimulate political debate through an online conference.
The Local Party Executive of Shepway Lib Dems invites applications for selection as Prospective Candidate for the constituency of Folkestone & Hythe.
Today the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell announces the creation of a new working group to tackle inequality and poverty and launches the Party's policy framework document Trust in People: Make Britain Free, Fair and Green. The document gives a clear direction of how the Liberal Democrats will tackle poverty and social injustice in Britain.
