National Liberal Democrat News - East Riding Liberal Democrats

No alternative now but for a full rendition inquiry

David Miliband has admitted two US "extraordinary rendition" flights landed on UK territory in 2002. The foreign secretary said in both cases US planes refuelled on the UK dependent territory of Diego Garcia. He said he was "very sorry" to have to say that previous denials made in "good faith" were now having to be corrected. Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and former Prime Minister Tony Blair made statements in 2005, 2006 and 2007 saying there was no evidence that rendition flights had stopped on UK territory.

25 Feb 2008

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Welsh Lib Dems stand up on blood donation

The Welsh Liberal Democrats Spring Conference this weekend called for an end on the blood donation ban which prevents gay and bisexual men, and female partners of bisexual men, from donating blood. DELGA Chair Jen Yockney welcomed the news saying, "the ban dates to the early days of the HIV/AIDS virus when transmission routes were less well understood and AIDS was still seen as a 'gay disease'. With the balance between homosexual and heterosexual infections now very different, and wider understanding about safe and safer sex, the current policy is long overdue reform."

25 Feb 2008

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PPC for Leicester South Selected

Cllr. Parmjit Singh Gill has been selected to stand for the Liberal Democrat Party at the next General Election for Leicester South.

25 Feb 2008

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Householders face £70 waste tax bill over Next Three Years

Householders could end up paying an extra £70 into Whitehall coffers over the next three years unless the government fulfils its promise to give money raised through landfill tax back to councils, local government leaders have warned.

25 Feb 2008

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Lose Your Job and Lose Your Home! - That's Labour's latest plan

Park Ward Liberal Democrat candidate Claire Darke has slammed Labour's latest housing suggestions. Labour Housing Minister, Caroline Flint has suggested tenants who become unemployed while living in council housing could find themselves chucked out onto the streets if they fail to meet certain strict conditions.

25 Feb 2008

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Liberal Democrats challenge Labour and the Conservatives to support "in or out" referendum on Europe

Colin Ross, Chair of Wolverhampton South West Liberal Democrats and European Parliamentary Candidate is calling on local Labour and Conservatives to back the campaign for an "in or out" Euro referendum ahead of this week's vote in Parliament on the new European Treaty.

25 Feb 2008

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National News

No alternative now but for a full rendition inquiry

Welsh Lib Dems stand up on blood donation

PPC for Leicester South Selected

Householders face £70 waste tax bill over Next Three Years

Lose Your Job and Lose Your Home! - That's Labour's latest plan

Liberal Democrats challenge Labour and the Conservatives to support "in or out" referendum on Europe

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