Calling Community Groups
If you have an idea for an environmental project in your community, Kent County Council would like to invite you to the 'Be prepared, save money, take action!' Community Climate Change Conference 2010.
If you have an idea for an environmental project in your community, Kent County Council would like to invite you to the 'Be prepared, save money, take action!' Community Climate Change Conference 2010.
The news of a new coalition Government between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives is a big change for this country. There will be many who are surprised, amazed or even upset at the news - it's certainly not how I imagined things would work out during the election campaign or indeed during my years of membership and support for the Party. But as Liberal Democrats, we surely came into politics to change things - and this deal sounds like it delivers such change, and a large proportion of the policies on which we have just fought the last election. It's a new kind of Government.
Obviously, a lot has been happening over the last few days. I just wanted to take this opportunity to write to you on behalf of myself, Peter, our campaign manager (and my husband!), and Andy Rankine, Chair of Skipton & Ripon Liberal Democrats, to outline where we are now, both as a national and a local party.
Nick Clegg MP, Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister in the new government last night welcomed a change in government that will bring fairer taxes, a fair start in life for every child, green growth, reformed banking and a new open politics to rebuild public trust.
"Tonight the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party and the Federal Executive of the Liberal Democrat party have overwhelmingly accepted my recommendation that we should now enter into a coalition government with the Conservative Party."
"Tonight the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party and the Federal Executive of the Liberal Democrat party have overwhelmingly accepted my recommendation that we should now enter into a coalition government with the Conservative Party."