20 Most Recent News Stories

MEP welcomes EU aid to Pakistan and supports plan to look at debt restructuring

Thu 2nd Sep 2010

The EU and the international community should look at the benefits of restructuring Pakistan's debt to stop flood aid donations being swallowed up by rising interest payments, says Lib Dem Euro MP Liz Lynne.

New 111 service will be better than NHS Direct - Burstow

Mon 30th Aug 2010

Corus deal will get Teesside's heart beating again, says Swales

Fri 27th Aug 2010

Corus and Thai steel company SSI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for SSI to buy the Teesside Cast Products plant from Corus.

Corus deal will get Teeside's heart beating again, says Swales

Fri 27th Aug 2010

Corus and Thai steel company SSI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for SSI to buy the Teesside Cast Products plant from Corus.

Rise in obesity operations shows Labour failed on public health

Fri 27th Aug 2010

Commenting on the 10-fold rise in the number of obesity-related surgeries carried out on the NHS in less than a decade, Liberal Democrat health minister Paul Burstow said:

Nick Clegg delivers speech on social mobility

Wed 18th Aug 2010

Nick Clegg said:

Coalition bans cowboy clampers

Tue 17th Aug 2010

The Coalition Government has announced that car clamping on private land is to be banned.

Chris Huhne delivers speech on Labour’s legacy

Wed 11th Aug 2010

“Labour were once a serious party.

Chris Huhne has called on councils to kick-start a local power revolution

Mon 9th Aug 2010

At present only 0.01% of electricity in England is generated by local authority-owned renewables, despite the scope that exists to install projects on their land and buildings.  In Germany the equivalent figure is 100 times higher.

Controversial children's database ContactPoint to be scrapped

Fri 6th Aug 2010

Liberal Democrats opposed ContactPoint from the start. At the last Lib Dem Autumn Conference a motion was passed calling for an end to the database and to invest the money in alternatives to help staff more effectively.

RBS must use profits to help struggling businesses, says Williams

Fri 6th Aug 2010

Commenting on the £1.1bn pre-tax half year profits announced by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) today, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Treasury Policy Committee, Stephen Williams said:

Vince Cable announces large investment in low-carbon jobs in the North East

Thu 5th Aug 2010

Of this package, £1.3m will help develop Carbon Capture and Storage technology, which will be vital in reducing carbon emissions while ensuring Britain's energy supply.

We need to make girls feel confident about their own body, says Swinson

Wed 4th Aug 2010

Commenting, Jo Swinson said:

Liberal Democrat Party Elections 2010

Tue 3rd Aug 2010

Under the Constitutional Amendments passed at the Spring Conference in 2006 the Party Committees elected this autumn will serve for a two-year term of office (2011-2012). The provisions of article 2.4 of the Federal Constitution regarding gender balance apply to all of these elections.

We must consider if Trident can be justified, says Campbell

Fri 30th Jul 2010

“This confirmation of what had already been predicted makes it essential that the case for like-for-like replacement of Trident should, as the Liberal Democrats have agreed, be part of the Strategic Defence Review.

Give workers freedom to choose retirement date, says Minister

Thu 29th Jul 2010

Commenting, Ed Davey said: “With more and more people wanting to extend their working lives we should not stop them just because they have reached a particular age. We want to give individuals greater choice and are moving swiftly to end discrimination of this kind.

ASBOs are a failed policy, says Brake

Wed 28th Jul 2010

Commenting on today’s speech by the Home Secretary in which she said  it was ‘time to move beyond’ Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs), Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Justice, Tom Brake said:

Labour opposition to AV exposes staggering hypocrisy, says Hughes

Wed 28th Jul 2010

Commenting on Labour's decision to oppose legislation for a referendum on the alternative vote, which was a commitment in their manifesto, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader, Simon Hughes said: