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Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

14 Sep 2022
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MP responds to Chancellor's Budget for 2006

Responding to the Chancellor's 10th budget, local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the commitment to education through more capital funding for schools and more resources for newly qualified teachers.

22 Mar 2006
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'WHERE HAS ALL THE MONEY GONE?'

Today, Gordon Brown delivered his tenth budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer. But with more and more people feeling let down by New Labour, the Liberal Democrats are asking where all the money has gone over the years Labour has been in power.

22 Mar 2006
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Clive Sneddon calls for Tesco rethink

Dundee East Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesperson Dr Clive Sneddon has strongly criticised the attitude of Tesco management to Dundee, and welcomed the efforts being made by the Dundee City Council Administration to secure a rethink of Tesco's decision to close its distribution depot in Dundee.

21 Mar 2006
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Government defeated again over Identity Cards

The Government was yet again been defeated in the House of Lords on its plans to make Identity Cards compulsory. Ministers propose that anyone getting a passport from 2008 should have to get an ID card and have their biometric details added to the national identity database. Peers voted by 211 to 175 votes, a majority of 36, to keep the ID card scheme voluntary until the next decade, a compromise tabled by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Philips of Sudbury under which holders of passports would be added to the register from 2011 enabling the controversial issue to be debated in the next General Election.

21 Mar 2006
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