Speech to the Spring Conference 2006 by Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
5 March 2006
5 March 2006
Official figures show that same-sex couples have registered 3,648 civil partnerships in England and Wales in the space of two months, since same-sex partnerships became legally recognised in December 2005.
Addressing the Liberal Democrats' Spring Conference the new leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, said he wants to create a fairer society. He thought that there had been too much attention on the policy of a 50% top tax rate, a policy scrapped after last year's election, but he would cut taxes for the poor without increasing the overall burden.
Ming Campbell has been elected as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, taking over from Charles Kennedy.
Dundee Liberal Democrat councillor Helen Dick today (Sunday 5th March) welcomed the £2 billion Liberal Democrat plan to safeguard the future of the Post Office Network and the Universal Service Obligation.
City Centre Councillor Fraser Macpherson has welcomed the introduction of additional recycling facilities in the City Centre with new bins being provided in the City Square to allow visitors to recycle newspapers, plastics and aluminium.