Local MP, Tim Farron has today called for the installation of a signpost before junction 37 of the M6, alerting drivers to the fact that the Yorkshire Dales are only a short distance from the motorway. Sedbergh is the biggest population centre in the Dales and yet there is no signpost to the Dales from the motorway.
Commenting on today's meeting in the House of Commons for MPs representing constituencies affected by HMRC restructuring, Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield said:
Government spending cuts to mental health services, made despite mental illness affecting one in six adults in the UK, are being highlighted by the Liberal Democrats in the House of Commons today. Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb MP, who will be leading today's opposition day debate, said:
Norman Lamb leads a Liberal Democrat opposition day debate highlighting the need to place more focus on mental health services and calling on the government to ensure mental health services are better funded and more widely available.
The poorest households should pay less for their gas and electricity, according to Energywatch. Three million households in Britain struggle to pay, says the energy watchdog, and it wants the government to force firms to cut their bills.
Following on from discussions between Dundee Liberal Democrat councillors with the Conservative, Labour and SNP groups on the City Council yesterday, City Council LibDem Group Leader Cllr Fraser Macpherson said these had been "constructive and positive."
