A liberal blueprint for the NHS - Lamb
Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb has today [Thursday] published his vision for how the NHS can cope in the current economic climate.
4 Feb 2010
National News
Lib Dems Condemn Council "Snow Tax"
Liberal Democrats in North Yorkshire today attacked the Tory County Council for proposing a council tax increase higher than that which they consulted residents on.
4 Feb 2010
Combat Aircraft programme £9.7 billion over budget
Leon Stedman (EADT 30/1/10) is sadly mistaken if he thinks the British public will continue to accept that a rebuke to a civil servant brought about by a question from an MP constitutes bringing a civil servant to brook is sufficient to address mistakes made. The British public want an end to bonuses to civil servants and quango managers and for serious mistakes sacking should be an option we have in dealing with serious failures, and serious failures we have in abundance.
DC
4 Feb 2010
Minister agrees to consider MPs proposal to help with cost for septic tanks
Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs Spokesman Tim Farron MP, today challenged Secretary of State Hilary Benn to help rural residents pay for the costs of their septic tanks by transferring their responsibility from private residents to water companies.
4 Feb 2010
Youth Work step welcomed
Lib Dem Borough Leader and County Councillor David Kendall has welcomed the news that Essex County Council are going to devolve the resource allocation for universal youth work in Brentwood to Brentwood Borough Council as a pilot project for six months.
3 Feb 2010
Liberal Democrats pledge £ 25m extra for Surrey schools
The Liberal Democrats have announced a major funding commitment that would boost education in Surrey. Nick Clegg has given a Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment for a Pupil Premium that would mean investing around £ 25m of extra cash in Surrey schools, raising the funding for disadvantaged pupils to private school levels.
3 Feb 2010