National Liberal Democrat News - East Riding Liberal Democrats

Expense claims need investigation at Essex CC

Former Conservative leader Lord Hanningfield has been arrested again, shortly after leaving prison only nine weeks into a nine month sentence for defrauding the taxpayer. Police now want to investigate his time leading Essex County Council. Said Cllr. Tom Smith-Hughes (Liberal Democrat leader at Essex CC): "The Liberal Democrats knew that there were very serious allegations against Lord Hanningfield which had been referred by Essex County Council to the Police. Justice must be done and seen to be done."

15 Sep 2011

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Seeking solutions for Hopefield’s future

Cllr James Sapwell, Brentwood North, has expressed his sorrow at the death of Ernie Clarke MBE, founder of Hopefield Animal Sanctuary, and vowed to do all he can to ensure a positive future for the organisation.

15 Sep 2011

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MP CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TO BRING GREEN BANK TO KENDAL

Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Prime Minister and other members of the Government today, calling on them to make Kendal the site of the new Green Investment Bank.

15 Sep 2011

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Chinese Lib Dems attend Confucius Institute National Conference

At the Confucius Institute National Congress hosted by the All Party Parliamentary China Group at Portcullis House today, we heard of how the organisation has grown from scratch in 2004 to having 350 institutes in 104 countries.

14 Sep 2011

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Botulism Warning on selected La Ruche products

The Food Standards Agency is warning people not to consume certain branded foods that have been linked to an outbreak of botulism in France. Botulism is a rare but serious illness that causes muscle weakness and breathing problems, and can be fatal.

14 Sep 2011

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Liz Lynne presses Commission over EU homelessness strategy

Just because there are no votes in the issue is no reason to ignore the plight of Europe's homeless, Liberal Democrat Euro MP Liz Lynne told the European Parliament in Strasbourg yesterday. Wolverhampton's MEP spoke out in a debate held last night to follow up a written declaration adopted by Parliament last December in favour of an EU-wide plan to support member states in developing effective national homelessness strategies. Liz Lynne was one of a number of MEPs to press the Commission to spell out their plans to follow up the declaration. She urged them to promote best practice, highlighting pioneering projects supported by the EU's Daphne programme such as a scheme dealing with the high number of women rough sleepers in Wolverhampton. In her speech Liz Lynne said "Homelessness has never been a politically popular subject, maybe because there are not many votes in it. That is one reason why it is important to involve people from all parties and none in national, regional and local policymaking, service

14 Sep 2011

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