Good morning conference with all the talk of credit crunch, banking crisis and mountains of debt one could forgiven in thinking that was the main problem facing the world was one financial services and that to create a fairer economy all that has to be done is to create a better banking system.
Four evening council meetings last week; Monday I attended the Health and Safety JNCC. This is a meeting of the Unions and the Employers (us Councillors). This meeting is held behind closed doors so I cannot tell you what went on.
"Vote for what you believe in… or you will wake up on May 7th facing another five years of more of the same," said the Liberal Democrat Leader.
Spelthorne's Conservative-run Council has passed up the chance of receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds from developers to help pay for amenity areas, parks, playgrounds and recycling, despite being urged to do so by the Liberal Democrat group on the Council.
On Saturday 13 March, members and supporters of DELGA, the Lib Dem lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender campaign group, joined forces with Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats, Campaign for Gender Balance, Women Liberal Democrats, and Lib Dem Disability Association to hold a reception to celebrate and promote the equalities agenda within the party.
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Liberal Democrat Spring Conference today backed plans to increase the threshold at which people start paying income tax from current levels to £10,000.