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MP meets with teenage disabled access ambassador

Greg Mulholland, MP for Leeds North West, has met with 14 year old constituent and disabled rights champion Nathan Popple to discuss the future of wheelchair accessibility in Leeds.

Chinese Press coverage of London 2012 elections

Lib Dems Support Out4Marriage

LGBT+ Lib Dems are delighted to support a new web campaign "Out4Marriage".

BOROUGH EXTENDS KERBSIDE BATTERY COLLECTIONS AND GETS A POSITIVE RESULT

After a successful trial to 13,000 residents, Bedford Borough Council has now finished rolling out the kerbside collection of used household batteries to all of the remaining households in the Borough as part of ongoing efforts to increase recycling rates.

Fiscal Compact Vital Necessity- Andrew Duff MEP

EU states should get the fiscal compact treaty in place as fast as possible. This is the message of Andrew Duff, President of the Union of European Federalists, on Europe Day.

Cabinet forced to defer critical changes to Home to School Transport

Lib Dems have persuaded the Tory controlled County Council to undertake a massive u-turn and defer a flagship budget cut to Home to School Transport. Under the proposals students faced massive changes to transport entitlements and some faced fees of over £400 per year. If entitlement changes were agreed this would have restricted transport to nearest available school even if that school was over the County boundary.