Paul Holmes today welcomed figures released this week by APACS, the UK payments association, showing that total card fraud losses in the East Midlands fell by 23% in 2005, down by £7.2m from 2004 (£23.5m in 2005 compared to £30.7m in 2004).
Dundee City Council's LibDem Vice Convener of Environmental Services & Sustainability, Cllr Helen Dick, today (Wednesday 8th March) lent her support to "No Smoking Day" and the many events across the UK to mark the day.
Eleven Liberal Democrats from Chelmsford attended last weekend's party conference in Harrogate. One representative, Graham Pooley, spoke in the NHS policy debate. Graham spoke passionately about the waste of opportunity, the pain and loss, and the financial cost to the NHS and the economy that active drug and behavioural addictions bring.
Sir Menzies Campbell today completed his Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet reshuffle. As well as a number of MPs keeping their position Sir Menzies has taken the opportunity to promote some of the MPs that won for the first time last May into the Shadow Cabinet.
Sir Menzies highlighted the apparent confusion in Whitehall over the Government's ability to meet emissions targets. Sir Menzies pointed out that "the Department of Environment says we must, the Department of Trade & Industry says we can't.' He added, 'Who is right, and who is going to win?"
Sir Menzies Campbell today completed his Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet reshuffle.
