Campbell accuses Government of failing health service workers

During Prime Minister's Questions today, Ming Campbell challenged Tony Blair to explain why nurses in England and Wales are not getting their full pay increase up front (as they are in Scotland). He also lambasted him for failing health care workers in general, including newly qualified nurses who can't get jobs, junior doctors and nursing assistants hit by the budget. The Royal College of Nursing has threatened to ballot its members on industrial action unless ministers reverse their decision to award nurses an "insulting" below-inflation pay deal. Nurses at the annual conference voted 97% in favour of investigating what forms of action could be taken.

18 Apr 2007
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How the average household could save £385 a year in energy costs

Chris Huhne and Ming Campbell have announced the Lib Dems latest plans (www.libdems.org.uk/news/climate-change-starts-at-home-campaign.html) to save carbon emissions from our homes. These plans should save as much carbon as taking every car in the country off the road. They are crucial to tackling climate change. More than a quarter of the carbon we burn comes from our houses, and we currently waste energy in our homes on a heroic scale.

18 Apr 2007
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'WE CAN CUT CRIME' SAY LOCAL LIB DEMS

Local Liberal Democrats were promoting the party's policies on crime in Scarborough this weekend. A team of campaigners were talking to the public and collecting signatures for Shadow Home Secretary Nick Clegg's 5 steps to cutting crime.

17 Apr 2007
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