Liberal Democrat Question have revealed that the Government has already spent £32m preparing for its ID card scheme even before it becomes law. Spending rose from £25,000 to £63,000 a day in the last six months of 2005, the Home Office said.
Local members and Councillors had a question and answer session with Simon Hughes M.P. last night, at the St James Church Hall in Highfields.
New swimming facilities will be provided as part of Staveley's new leisure centre from the day it opens. The new 'healthy living leisure centre' at Barlow Road will replace the crumbling Middlecroft Leisure Centre, which is scheduled to close by the end of May, at the very latest, for health and safety reasons. The final go-ahead is expected to be given by the Council's Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday, March 7.
Dundee Liberal Democrat Councillor Helen Dick today (25th February 2006) welcomed publication of a Guardian/ICM poll that has revealed that 63% of the population approve of new green taxes to discourage environmentally damaging behaviour.
Dundee Liberal Democrats have expressed concern at news that the Government has already spent £32m preparing for its ID card scheme even before it becomes law.
Dundee Liberal Democrat Council Group Leader Cllr Fraser Macpherson today (23rd February 2006) highlighted the failures of Blair's Westminster Government to properly approach the issues in relation to climate change.