Following the comments of the Bedford Borough Conservative Group Leader that "we are being swept along on a fashionable urge to save the environment," Bedford Borough Liberal Democrat Group Environment Spokesperson Cllr Paul Whitehead said:
The Liberal Democrats have today revealed plans to ensure that the rich pay a fairer amount in tax. The proposals - part of the tax paper which will be debated at conference - are designed to tackle the growing inequality in Britain, and the problem of people being priced out of the housing market by non-domiciles. The six-point plan will:
Steel safety rails and monkey bars worth £20,000 were stolen from children's play equipment at Western Park - in the latest in a spate of metal thefts from play areas across the city.
The estimated 1355 people with dementia and the thousands who care for them in Westmorland and Lonsdale have won the support of Tim Farron, the MP for the area and Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia campaigning to make their condition a national priority.
Cornwall's five Liberal Democrat MPs this evening (Tuesday) backed Cornwall County Council's vote to continue with Cornwall's bid to replace both the County and District Councils with a single elected body as "the right choice for Cornwall".
The Liberal Democrats have called on homophobic bullying to be treated with the same seriousness as racist bullying, after the Government today published its response to a key parliamentary report into bullying in schools.
