Sharon Bowles MEP launches Campaign against Tax-Dodging Multinationals
Last year big multinational companies operating in the developing world avoided paying taxes of approximately $165 billion to host governments.
SBMEP
24 Apr 2012
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Lib Dems call on Conservative-run County Council to abandon libraries plan
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have called on the Conservative-run administration to abandon it's ill-conceived and unpopular plans for 10 of the County's libraries to be run by "volunteers" instead of professional librarians.
24 Apr 2012
Cracking Down on Littering
Littering on our streets is utterly unacceptable. Words of condemnation are not enough, however, and that is why we are taking real action to crack down on this form of anti-social behaviour which can blight our neighbourhoods. In fact, there have been a few illustrations in the last few weeks of how our 'zero tolerance' approach in this area means that if you litter the streets of Bedford Borough, you should expect to face punishment.
24 Apr 2012
Federalists target 2014 Elections
Meeting in Leuven this weekend, the European Federalists have set their sights at the elections to the European Parliament in 2014.
25 Apr 2012
Tom Smith-Hughes: a life serving the community - Lib Dem tribute
Tom Smith Hughes - 14 July 1948 - 18 April 2012
24 Apr 2012
Zebras march on Chelmsford
A 1,125-strong petition was handed in to County Councillor Jude Deakin by the residents of Chelmsford in support of a zebra crossing on Linnet Drive. See reports in the Chelmsford Weekly News and the Essex Chronicle.
23 Apr 2012