Speaking after an adjournment debate on the bankruptcy of Farepak, Liberal Democrat Small Business Spokesperson and MP for Solihull, Lorely Burt MP has attacked the companies involved and called on the Government to give customers better protection.
Blind and partially sighted children are being denied access to many key school text books, the Royal National Institute for the Blind claims. A report for the charity says only 12% of maths and 8% of science GCSE textbooks in England are available in Braille or other accessible formats.
The Conservatives were yesterday forced to suspend a Conservative Councillor from the Party after Liberal Democrat campaigns chairman Edward Davey MP wrote to the Commission for Racial Equality, providing details of an offensive email sent from the Councillor's email account.
Simon Carr's column in the Independent today simply sets out why the Government's position that ID Cards are important to control our borders. Shepway Lib Dems continue to campaign against the introduction of ID Cards, with a number of members joining the www.no2id.net campaign to renew passports early. Simon Carr said:
Young carers struggle without the help they urgently need, often due to fear that they may be separated from their families, a report suggests. At least 175,000 children and young people look after a parent or sibling - but charity Barnardo's says it believes that many more are going unsupported.
Following yesterday's defence of plans for a national identity register and ID cards by New Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Tuesday 7th November) said that the Labour ID cards project is "a waste of public money and a gift to fraudsters."
