Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, visited Afghanistan last week and announced that the UK is pledging £4.5 million to increase women's participation in democracy.
Not every council can achieve the high rate of recycling demonstrated by Liberal Democrat run Three Rivers District Council. With a rate of 62.4% this is the highest in Hertfordshire and the 4th highest in the country.
Free school meals will help boost learning in schools, according to a review of pilot schemes.
Last October and November Liberal Democrats campaigned strongly against the "unwise" plan by the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner. County Councillor Nick Hollinghurst who spoke twice at Council meetings at County Hall said "Apart from G4S's lamentable performance with Olympic Games security, we have to remember they are a large multi-national corporation. They run prisons, courts, police administration, prisoner transport and support services. It is unwise to hand over yet another part of Britain's criminal justice system to an international private business with, some say, already too great an influence in UK policing."
As the number of university entrants passed 500,000 for the first time this year, the gap between the most advantaged and the most disadvantaged students is at its lowest. Liberal Democrats put safeguards in place to encourage disadvantaged young people to go to university. Setting the system on a sustainable footing, with the poorest 30% of graduates paying less overall than under the old system.
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