Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
At the weekend's Liberal Democrat Conference in Harrogate, the Liberal Democrats outlined its alternatives to the Government's Education Bill. Edward Davey MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary told conference that the current Bill focused on standards not structures. Labour's plans are not based on evidence and fail to offer pupils the real choice they will get under Liberal Democrat proposals.
Dundee City Council's LibDem Vice Convener of Environmental Services and Sustainability, Cllr Helen Dick, today (Monday 6th March) gave her strong support to Fairtrade Fortnight, aimed at promoting Fairtrade and encourage others to regularly purchase products with the Fairtrade mark.
Local MP Tim Farron spoke up for health services in Morecambe Bay during a debate at the Liberal Democrats' Spring Conference in Harrogate. Tim was speaking on his amendment to a policy motion about deficits in the NHS.
Sir Menzies Campbell, the newly elected federal leader of the Liberal Democrats today (Sunday 5th March) gave a rousing address to the party's Spring Federal Conference in Harrogate, spelling out his platform for taking the party forward.
5 March 2006
Official figures show that same-sex couples have registered 3,648 civil partnerships in England and Wales in the space of two months, since same-sex partnerships became legally recognised in December 2005.