Sandgate resident Season Prater will be the Liberal Democrat candidate in the Sandgate Valley by-election on 1st May. The by-election is to Sandgate Town Council following the resignation of Councillor Jenny Bailey.
London's Liberal Democrat MEP Baroness Sarah Ludford has today launched an online campaign to end the US policy of virtually refusing travel visas to people with HIV, a policy that has no public health rationale.
Dundee LibDems have today (Friday 4th April) backed Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg MP, who has called on Gordon Brown urging him to pull out of this summer's Olympic opening ceremony in the light of China's human rights record.
Epsom & Ewell's Lib Dem councillors have honoured the pledge in their election manifesto not to support council "freebies".
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Nick Clegg has launched the Liberal Democrats' local election campaign, highlighting the party's record of offering genuine improvements for people across the country.
Ahead of the arrival of the Olympic torch in London this weekend, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has written to Gordon Brown urging him to pull out of the ceremony in the light of China's human rights record. He added that he did not believe the Prime Minister could attend the Beijing Games 'in good conscience', unless and until the Chinese Government took steps to 'honour the spirit of the Olympics' in its conduct from Tibet to Darfur.
