It is with great sadness we have to report that Neville Reed, a long-standing Delga executive member, passed away last week. Our thoughts and wishes go with his family and friends. Neville was our Treasurer for some seven years up to the end of 2006, when he stepped down from the executive, and will be greatly missed throughout both the organisation and wider Liberal Democrat circles.
Liberal Democrat Acting Leader Vince Cable has warned that a house market crash is a real possibility and that the Government needs to act now to ensure that millions of people do not face the misery of negative equity and repossessions. This comes after figures show that the average UK household debt to disposable income ratio is up from 92% 1997 to 152% today.
UK secondary school students have slipped down an international league table of reading and maths standards. Based on test results in 2006 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the UK has lost the top 10 positions it held for both subjects seven years ago. This follows figures released last week, which showed that the UK had tumbled down the league table for school science.
Commenting on the newly released Environment Agency review of the handling of this summer's floods, Paul Holmes Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Chesterfield said:
Commenting on proposals outlined in the launch of the Conservatives' Home-Buying Review, Liberal Democrat Shadow Housing Minister, Paul Holmes MP said:
A spot of Christmas shopping in a busy town centre may damage your health as well as your bank balance.