Speaking at today's mass lobby of Parliament by Council tenants, Paul Holmes,addressed the failures of the current housing policy led by the Labour Party: "I can understand why some tenants MIGHT want to get rid of the Council as their landlord since some estates might be very poorly run. But what tenants do not want is to be given a Hobson's choice; they do not want a shotgun divorce."
Dundee Liberal Democrats welcomed today's launch of the new national concessionary travel scheme - the launch in Edinburgh was led by LibDem Transport Minister, Tavish Scott MSP.
The proposed Scottish hustings for the Lib Dem leadership has had to be rearranged. On Monday 13th February, a key Westminster debate and vote on ID cards has been called for - this was only notified to the Liberal Democrats at the weekend.
Surrey County Council's Tory budget brought bad news for parents and youngsters in Sixth Forms and Colleges.
At the County Council meeting today, the Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council opposed the 2006/07 budget proposed by the Conservative administration.
Park Ward's Lib Dem candidate, Robin Lawrence, has joined Dr Matt Prescott, organiser of the Oxford Earth Summit and director of www.banthebulb.org, in calling for a far greater use of energy efficient light bulbs. Robin was shocked to discover that 10% of Britain's energy consumption is caused by use the use of lightbulbs with most of that energy being wasted on inefficient old style incandescent bulbs.
