AGM Report
Last night's Annual General Meeting of Brentwood & Ongar Liberal Democrats was a real success, with record attendance and a lot of celebration amongst party members for a good year.
Last night's Annual General Meeting of Brentwood & Ongar Liberal Democrats was a real success, with record attendance and a lot of celebration amongst party members for a good year.
Newcastle has beaten cities with a greener reputation to claim the top spot in the 2009 league table of Britain's most sustainable cities, released by sustainable development organisation Forum for the Future.
The Liberal Democrats have called for this year's Queen's Speech to be dropped in favour of an emergency programme of political reform.
Heather Kidd has called for banks to come clean and be fair to savers after it was revealed that more than 80% of savings accounts are paying such a low rate of interest that savers are losing money.
This year's Queen's Speech is a political charade that should be dropped in favour of an emergency programme of political reform. It is the only job this rump of a Parliament is fit for. After the expenses scandal, this Parliament has destroyed its own legitimacy. Not in living memory has confidence in politicians, trust in the system, or faith in the government's capacity to change things been as low as it is today.
Dr. Charles West, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Shrewsbury and Atcham, has expressed disappointment at today's Queen's Speech.