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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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Protecting our natural heritage

Liberal Democrat Conference today debated and endorsed their policy paper "Our Natural Heritage", as a statement of the party's key policies for protecting and enhancing biodiversity and the natural environment.

21 Sep 2009
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Liberal Democrats reiterate commitment to international development

Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate Robin Lawrence said "The food and oil price crises of last year forced 150 million people in the developing world back into extreme poverty and the current global downturn will trap another 90 million people in poverty. At the 2005 Gleneagles summit the G8 agreed to increase aid levels by $50bn per year by 2010, these pledges have not been honoured in years of sustained global economic growth. We should still, in a time of economic downturn, take action to fulfil these outstanding pledges is now essential to prevent a dramatic reversal of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)."

21 Sep 2009
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Liberal Democrats Demand the Truth on Torture

Conference today noted that despite pressure from MPs, campaign groups and the media, the Government refuses to set up a full public inquiry into allegations that the UK Government had a policy between 2002 and 2005 that permitted British Intelligence Services to act in ways that may have given rise to complicity in torture and illegal abduction.

21 Sep 2009
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