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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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Dundee LibDems welcome news on climate change

New figures show big variations in CO2 emissions

New figures have been released showing huge variations in the amount of carbon emitted per person across the UK. This is the third year Defra have published these statistics by local authority but the Government say the estimates are not comparable with either of the datasets published previously, due to improvements in the source data and methodology used. The figures estimate that 6.7 tonnes were emitted for each person in the Wolverhampton in 2005, Birmingham is 6.8 tonnes, Dudley is 6.0 tonnes, Sandwell is 7.9 tonnes and Walsall was 7.5 tonnes (the UK figure is 9.3). This compares to a global average of around 2.5 tonnes per capita (2003 figure).

2 Dec 2007
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Fears over disability hate crime

Charities report that crime against the disabled is worryingly common. But two years after a law targeting disability hate crime came into force, the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are only now facing up to the scale of the problem.

2 Dec 2007
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Jo pledges support on World AIDS Day

Jo Swinson MP, Lib Dem equality spokesperson, has marked World AIDS Day by joining a coalition of charities in Parliament Square calling on the Government to strengthen its efforts to tackle HIV and AIDS. She has pledged support for the Stop AIDS Campaign - a coalition of over 80 UK-based NGOs - and has written to Secretary of State for International Development Douglas Alexander on the issue.

1 Dec 2007
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Bowles Takes Shepway Lib Dems Into Europe

Liberal Democrat South East Region MEP Sharon Bowles is playing host to more than 30 Liberal Democrats from the Shepway area this Monday. The trip from Folkestone will be visiting Brussels and will then visit the European Parliament building itself on Monday, before returning to the UK.

1 Dec 2007
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