New figures showing Britain's railways are the most expensive in Europe make this year's inflation-busting rail fares look even more unfair, says Stephen Robinson, West Chelmsford's Liberal Democrat candidate. Rail passengers travelling on 'One' Rail Company faced increases of around 4% this year.
Serena Tierney has attacked plans to move the Accident and Emergency 'Trauma' service from the Princess Royal Hospital to Brighton.
Liberal Democrat campaigner Serena Tierney has called for the Burns Centre at the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, to be kept open.
The Liberal Democrats today launch their manifesto for people with disabilities, promising a £200 winter fuel payment for severely disabled people and free off-peak local bus travel for all people with disabilities. Other key policies include a Single Equality Act to put disability legislation on a par with race and sex discrimination and accessible public services to give people more control over their healthcare and education. The manifesto also contains other key measures to promote independent living, including measures to help people with disabilities find stable long term employment and help with additional living costs.
In information released this month 9 out of 10 universities in England are to charge the maximum tuition fee of £3,000 when they are allowed to raise their fees next year. Only eight have opted to charge lower fees, according to the figures on fees and bursaries from Office for Fair Access (Offa).
Today, Parmjit Singh Gill, MP for Leicester South, challenged the Deputy Prime Minister in Prime Minister's Questions about Government Minister Hazel Blears's comments about the targeting of Muslims under the New Terrorism Act.
