The proposed new EU Employment Commissioner should visit the West Midlands to see how this key manufacturing centre is coping with the slump, says local Liberal Democrat MEP Liz Lynne.
Local residents are now able to borrow 'energy monitors' for free from the library to help them save energy and cut household bills, thanks to a Liberal Democrat initiative launched by Mayor Dave Hodgson. The idea was proposed by Dave Hodgson at a meeting of the Borough Council's Sustainability Committee before his election as Mayor. He launched the scheme at Bedford Central Library in October, and early indications are that the scheme is proving popular.
Wolverhampton's Liberal Democrat MEP Liz Lynne has been re-elected as Vice President of the all party Disability Intergroup of MEPs at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
The Lib Dem campaign to stop Windsor Conservatives' creche cuts at the borough's leisure centres is gathering strength after the Conservative MP for Maidenhead broke ranks with her council colleagues and joined the Lib Dems in calling for the creches at Magnet and Windsor leisure centres to stay open.
Euro MP for the South East, Catherine Bearder, has expressed her huge disappointment at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen. After two weeks of negotiations world leaders failed to come to an agreement on the best way to tackle climate change. Limited progress was made on the most important issues and once again we are asking, what needs to happen before governments will act to tackle the climate crisis?
With the pantomime season in full swing, Ludlow and Bridgnorth Prospective Liberal Democrat MP, Heather Kidd has challenged the Government on the "Cinderella status" given to mental illness in the NHS.