Responding to the news that the UK has come out of recession, after figures showed the economy had grown by 0.1% in the last three months of 2009, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said:
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Local Liberal democrats have condemned Blackburn MP Jack Straw for refusing to stop the invasion of Iraq despite being advised it was illegal by his own legal advisers.
Paul Holmes MP commits to safeguard the legacy of Holocaust Survivors
Dr Wendi Momen came to Bury St Edmunds tonight to speak out in support of the UNIFEM campaign to End Violence Against Women. Cllr David Chappell hosted the meeting, in his role as Chair of the local UNA association, which took place at the Friends Meeting House, St John's St, Bury St Edmunds.
A badger cull would be an essential part of the Liberal Democrat policy to control bovine TB according to Lib Dem Shadow Defra Secretary Tim Farron, who has accused the Government of "shamelessly ducking the issue".
Local MP Tim Farron has called on the Government to deliver high speed broadband for the whole of South Lakeland after the Prime Minster confirmed that between 5% and 10% of British homes would be left without access to higher speed broadband. The problem being that those will be homes in rural areas such as South Lakeland. Mr Farron has been campaigning for high-speed broadband for black spots in rural communities like Old Hutton in South Lakeland.