Liberal Democrats back fairer taxes
Liberal Democrat Spring Conference has backed plans to increase the threshold at which people start paying income tax from current levels to £10,000.
21 Mar 2010
National News
UKIP's Nigel Farage MEP disciplined
The President of the European Parliament has used new powers to dock the allowances of UKIP MEP Nigel Farage, who refused to apologise for gratuitously insulting the new President of the European Council, thanks to an initiative taken in the last parliament by Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson to ensure that such powers existed.
21 Mar 2010
UKIP's Nigel Farage MEP disciplined
The President of the European Parliament has used new powers to dock the allowances of UKIP MEP Nigel Farage, who refused to apologise for gratuitously insulting the new President of the European Council, thanks to an initiative taken in the last parliament by Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson to ensure that such powers existed.
21 Mar 2010
Fighting to take privacy back from authoritarian Labour
A new survey of MPs voting habits reveals that Labour's Vernon Coaker MP has toed the party line on each initiative designed to trample over people's privacy and create a surveillance state. This includes legislation to introduce trial without jury, ID cards and retention of DNA.
21 Mar 2010
Coalition Government delivers for South Lakes says Farron
Local MP Tim Farron has described the historic Government coalition policy agreement, published yesterday, as delivering a brighter future for the South Lakes.
21 Mar 2010
Ann Haigh says 'Keep our Ticket Offices Open'
Local Liberal Democrats have stepped up the pressure on the Conservative Mayor of London to scrap his plans to reduce the hours ticket offices in Epping Forest are open.
21 Mar 2010