West Dorset
Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrats tackle Anti-Social Behaviour

The Liberal Democrats have this morning discussed the problems of Anti-Social Behaviour and how best to tackle the root causes and the problem itself. Although 2,600 ASBO's issued last year (550 by one Council alone), they do not appear to have tackled the problem or the causes. Conference applauded the approach taken by Liberal Democrat controlled Councils who try to tackle the root causes to prevent the Anti-Social Behaviour taking place with methods like acceptable behaviour contracts.

22 Sep 2005
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Lorry Movements

They also raised concerns about the number of lorry movements. The council and the developers have made efforts to enable the lorries to exit directly from the motorway but the Highways Agency will not allow this. It is hoped that most of the lorry movements will be completed in about six months.

22 Sep 2005
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A strategy for clean and sustainable energy

The Liberal Democrats have passed a series of measures that together form a strategy for clean and sustainable energy at their Conference. The strategy is based on energy demand reduction, greater energy efficiency, the use of economic instruments, combined heat and power, micro-generation and community-based forms of generation and a mix of renewable energy sources that include biomass, wind, wave, tidal, and solar.

21 Sep 2005
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Tony Blair [© Crown Copyright 2005]

Liberal Democrats to end Elective Dictatorship

The UK suffers from an 'Elective Dictatorship' with a lack of proper checks on the power of Government, an unfair voting system and an increasing disengagement of the public from Parliament and political activity. In the recent General Election Labour were returned to Government on just over a third of the vote.

21 Sep 2005
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