Letter to the Staines Guardian about the Standards Board for England
Text of a letter from Spelthorne Liberal Democrats about the Standards Board for England
21 Mar 2006
Fighting Dundee's corner on local government funding, says Finance Convener
Dundee City Council's LibDem Convener of Finance Cllr Fraser Macpherson today (Tuesday 21st March) renewed the City Council administration's pledge to campaign for an improved Revenue Support Grant settlement for Dundee.
21 Mar 2006
Clive Sneddon calls for Tesco rethink
Dundee East Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesperson Dr Clive Sneddon has strongly criticised the attitude of Tesco management to Dundee, and welcomed the efforts being made by the Dundee City Council Administration to secure a rethink of Tesco's decision to close its distribution depot in Dundee.
21 Mar 2006
Government defeated again over Identity Cards
The Government was yet again been defeated in the House of Lords on its plans to make Identity Cards compulsory. Ministers propose that anyone getting a passport from 2008 should have to get an ID card and have their biometric details added to the national identity database. Peers voted by 211 to 175 votes, a majority of 36, to keep the ID card scheme voluntary until the next decade, a compromise tabled by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Philips of Sudbury under which holders of passports would be added to the register from 2011 enabling the controversial issue to be debated in the next General Election.
21 Mar 2006
Discrimination costs us all dear
A new Government report showing how discrimination at school can ruin adult life for many gays, lesbians and bisexual people reflects the lost opportunities that prejudice has cost all of society over many years, says DELGA Chair Kelvin Meyrick.
21 Mar 2006
Time for Blair to go
A BBC Newsnight poll suggests that half of all voters think Tony Blair should quit soon.
21 Mar 2006