In information released this month 9 out of 10 universities in England are to charge the maximum tuition fee of £3,000 when they are allowed to raise their fees next year. Only eight have opted to charge lower fees, according to the figures on fees and bursaries from Office for Fair Access (Offa).
Today, Parmjit Singh Gill, MP for Leicester South, challenged the Deputy Prime Minister in Prime Minister's Questions about Government Minister Hazel Blears's comments about the targeting of Muslims under the New Terrorism Act.
The Liberal Democrats today launched their manifesto for the families. The manifesto has policies offering new working mothers a Maternity Income Guarantee, equivalent to the minimum wage of £170 per week for the first 6 months after the birth of their first child; the reduction of class sizes for 5-7 year olds and creation of 3500 Children's Centres to help with childcare; the reform of the tax credit system, making housing more affordable and the introduction of a rights-based Children's Commissioner to protect children's rights.
Totnes Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Mike Treleaven, will present his petition calling for 'Water Justice' to 10 Downing Street at 9.00a.m. on Thursday March 24th. The petition calls for fair treatment for people in the South West where 3% of the population pay for the clean up of 30% of the nation's beaches.
The Liberal Democrats today launched ten positive proposals that will form the centrepiece of their General Election campaign. The launch has been backed by the most substantial advertising campaign in the party's history - with full page adverts in the Daily Mail, The Independent and The Times to be followed up by a fleet of touring poster vans.
New figures obtained by Parmjit Singh Gill, Member of Parliament for Leicester South, can today reveal that serious crime in Leicester is growing at an alarming rate. These figures show that since 1999 the level of recorded violent crime has risen by an average of nearly 17%. That's a rise of 66% in only four years, with 6,851 cases recorded in 1999/2000 soaring to 11,430 cases in 2003/2004.