"Follow Essex's Lead On Post Offices" Say Lib Dems
Liberal Democrats at North Yorkshire County Council are asking the ruling Conservatives to look at what Essex County Council are doing to try to save Post Offices.
12 Mar 2008
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Thousands say: "Save Our Post Offices"
The Liberal Democrats have today presented a petition of over 50,000 signatures calling on Gordon Brown to reverse his Government's savage Post Office closure programme. In Shepway, 5 Post Offices have recently been axed and the main Folkestone Post Office will be closed with services moved to whsmith in Sandgate Road.
12 Mar 2008
Lib Dems reverse controversial waste charge
From April, the controversial charge to removed bulky waste will be removed. The controversial £18 charge had been blamed for the number of fly-tipping incidents in the Borough.
12 Mar 2008
Swearing allegiance will not make people fell like citizens
A report commissioned by Gordon Brown on British citizenship has suggested that school-leavers should be encouraged to swear an oath of allegiance to Queen and country. Report author, ex-attorney general Lord Goldsmith, says it would give teenagers a sense of belonging. Council tax and student fee rebates are suggested for people who volunteer - as well as a "Britishness" public holiday.
12 Mar 2008
Time for a Social Environment Revolution
Speaking at the Green Alliance annual debate in London, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has called for a social environmental revolution. Beginning with the formation of a Charter for Climate Change, Nick will set out the rights and responsibilities of businesses, politicians and individuals.
11 Mar 2008
Liberal Democrats - Committed to Making Bedford a Fairtrade Borough
"As this year's Fairtrade Fortnight drew to a close, Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats reaffirmed their commitment to attempts to make Bedford Borough a Fairtrade Borough. The Lib Dems have also repeated their calls for the council to do more to support the volunteer steering group and achieve fairtrade status soon.
11 Mar 2008