Liberal Democrat MEPs are asking Epping Forest residents to back a new campaign to scrap the monthly European travelling circus to Strasbourg. A Liberal initiative, the 'One Seat' petition (www.oneseat.eu) needs the support of one million EU citizens before being given to the European Commission in protest against an absurd agreement that is costing EU taxpayers 200 million euros a year.
Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesperson and Rochdale MP, Paul Rowen will be undertaking a review of bus services in Rochdale for Green Transport Week. This will be held between 10th and 18th June. Paul is asking bus passengers to get in touch with him and let him know any problem routes. Paul will then meet them on that bus out and do a questionnaire with other passengers and discuss the problems during their journey. He will then take these results and send them to the GMPTE and demand action.
Liberal Democrat, Trevor Fisher romped home in a shock result in the Bentswood by-election. He overturned a Labour majority of over 200 to win a majority of 46, pushing Labour into third place.
Raymond Lawrie, Convener of the Dundee Liberal Democrats, is publicly supporting a campaign which is encouraging people throughout the UK to renew their passports by the end of May.
Devon and Cornwall's Liberal Democrat MPs have added their voices to the growing NO2ID campaign which encourages people to renew their passports to avoid having personal details recorded from 2008. The Identity Cards Act was introduced earlier this year and means that everyone who applies for a passport will have to have details such as fingerprints and iris scans taken and stored on the National Identity Database. But by renewing passports now, before the database is set up, details can be kept off it until 2016.
Liberal Democrats in South East Cornwall have won two hard fought by-elections In Saltash and Torpoint to gain seats on Caradon District Council and Torpoint Town Council.