Local Authority Bribes Won't Solve Housing Crisis
Responding to the Government's announcement of a £500 million incentive for councils to build more homes Paul Holmes MP said:
14 Sep 2007
Tories want to divide Newcastle
A senior Liberal Democrat has hit out against the Newcastle Conservatives over a leaflet being distributed in Gosforth.
14 Sep 2007
Beadle condemns Israel boycott
A senior north east Liberal Democrat has condemned the decision by the academics' union to boycott Israel.
14 Sep 2007
Iranian lesbian must not be deported to torture and death
London Liberal Democrat MEP Baroness Sarah Ludford has called on the Home Secretary to urgently review the case of Iranian Ms Pegah Emambakhsh, whose claim for refugee status on grounds of being persecuted as a lesbian has been refused and who is now reportedly at imminent risk of deportation.
13 Sep 2007
Campbell: Time to Recognise British Troops can do no more in Iraq
Menzies Campbell has launched a petition calling for the withdrawal of British forces from Iraq. The petition comes after Campbell wrote to Gordon Brown last month backing calls by military chiefs for British forces to pull out of Iraq because they can "achieve nothing" by staying.
13 Sep 2007
Inquiry set to back council plans for 6000 houses on green fields
The public inquiry that began on Tuesday into Chelmsford council's plans for new houses is set to rubber-stamp the plans, despite the enormous voice of opposition from the voters of Broomfield who massively rejected the plans in Tuesday's by-election. That is the view of parliamentary candidate Stephen Robinson who attended the first two days of the inquiry. He has written up the discussions on his blog: http://snipurl.com/eip_day1 and http://snipurl.com/eip_day2
13 Sep 2007