Liberal Democrats today launched their campaign (www.stopnuisancecalls.com) to stop illegal nuisance calls from Labour and Conservative call centres in the run-up to the General Election.
Liberal Democrats are still the only party campaigning for abolition of Council Tax and its replacement by a local income tax related to the ability to pay. They believe that this is a fairer way for people to pay for the many services provided by councils and they have had enormous support for it across the country. Many experts in local government believe that the government has ducked the issue by ordering another unnecessary enquiry that will not report until after the next General election.
Liberal Democrat Leader Charles Kennedy is by far the party leader seen as an asset of the three main party leaders according to a new Guardian/ICM poll. The poll results shows Charles Kennedy has a rating of +34 whilst Michael Howard has +10 and Tony Blair +2.
Commenting on Tony Blair's meeting with George Bush today, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Norman Baker MP said:
Commenting on the High Court's ruling that residents near Stansted Airport will be consulted on expansion plans, Liberal Democrat Shadow Transport Secretary, John Thurso MP said:
Liberal Democrat parliamentary campaigner for Bedford & Kempston, Michael Headley, has responded to last night's Panorama programme that featured Bedford Hospital.
