Labour's Sticking Plaster Budget
Responding to the government's budget, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Campaigner, Michael Headley said:
Responding to the government's budget, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Campaigner, Michael Headley said:
Liberal Democrat campaigner, Mike Treleaven will be taking his petition calling for 'Water Justice' to Totnes on Saturday. This petition calls for Government action to stop the grossly unfair situation we have now where 3% of the country's population pay for the clean up of 30% of the nation's beaches.
Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate Stephen Robinson has challenged our MP to support a Lib Dem bill to bring mobile phone masts under strict planning control. He said, "The Conservatives did a deal with the phone companies when they were in government to cut planning controls for masts. It is easier to get planning permission for a mast than it is for a front porch. This is an alarming situation and needs to be addressed."
This Friday 18 March, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip, Andrew Stunell MP will present a bill to Parliament that aims to bring mobile phone masts under strict planning control and bring in the 'precautionary principle', giving extra safeguards for schools, homes, and medical facilities from the risk of excessive radiation.
Ahead of the second anniversary of the start of the conflict this Friday, Parmjit Singh Gill, MP for Leicester South, today called for British troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by the time of the United Nations expiry date set by the last mandate. The mandate expires by the end of December 2005.
Parmjit Singh Gill, MP for Leicester South, is urging Leicester residents to nominate their community's local heroes for recognition through the Nationwide Awards for Voluntary Endeavour.