5 Oct 2010
National News
Flexible working right to be extended
The right to request flexible working is to be extended to parents of children under 18 from next year, benefiting an estimated 300,000 people, the Government announced today.
4 Oct 2010
Clegg backs campaign to raise awareness of political prisoners in Burma
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today received a photographic petition made up of more than five thousand photographs of Amnesty activists, politicians and famous faces.
4 Oct 2010
High Speed Rail to come to Manchester
The Transport Secretary has announced the network option the Government prefers for taking high-speed rail north of Birmingham. The Government will consult early next year on building a 'Y' shaped high-speed rail network with separate legs from the West Midlands to each of Manchester and Leeds.
4 Oct 2010
Coalition Government announce new welfare reforms
The Chancellor today outlined proposals to reform the welfare budget. He indicated that child benefit will be cut for those paying the top rate of tax as part of "tough but fair" welfare reforms.
4 Oct 2010
Delga: the magazine
Lib Dem LGBT liberation & equality group Delga have relaunched their newsletter in the shape of a glossy magazine. The first edition is out now, with contributions from Equality Minister Lynne Featherstone MP, Delga Vice President and member of the European Parliament's lesbian & gay intergroup Sarah Ludford MEP, and much more.
4 Oct 2010