Lib Dems in Bosworth call on Tredinnick to apologise for Iraq vote
LIBERAL Democrats in Hinckley & Bosworth have called on David Tredinnick to apologise for his support for the invasion of Iraq.
19 Mar 2008
Save our green belt
The Government has doubled the housebuilding target for Stockport, weakened the protections on a third of our precious green belt, and is forcing the Council through Ministerial Directives and threats to adopt a Local Plan which will let developers target green belt first.
We oppose this government’s ‘developers charter’ and need your voice. Do you agree with us that the green spaces that make our area special need to be preserved, and new housing should first be built on brownfield sites, after the infrastructure is provided with schools, improved transport, and GP places guaranteed? Help us send a message to Government and make Labour listen to local people.
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Save our green belt
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Dundee LibDems slam Labour and Tories over Iraq invasion - on its fifth anniversary
Coming on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Wednesday 19th March) called on the Labour and Conservative parties to apologise for their support for the invasion of Iraq.
19 Mar 2008
Clegg: Treatment of Gurkhas a national disgrace
Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg today received medals handed to him from Gurkhas who served in the British Army before 1997 and are being denied a full pension and the right to British Citizenship.
19 Mar 2008
Lib Dems Demand Council Acts to Save Post Offices
Bedford Borough council should act to save local post offices from closure, say Liberal Democrats. Bedford Borough Lib Dems have demanded that the Mayor and his Cabinet do more than simply oppose closures and take real action to save vital branches ahead of the announcement in July of the list of local post offices in the set to be shut. The calls follow news of a range of plans by other local authorities to save threatened branches from the government's programme of 2,500 post office closures, including taking over the running of post offices.
19 Mar 2008
Gurkhas Descend on Westminster to Demand Fair Play Before 1997
Former Gurkha soldiers and their supporters from across the Country have been welcomed to Westminster today by Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg. The Liberal Democrat leader pledged the Party's support to the Gurkha campaign for the right to settle in the UK for all Gurkha soldiers including those who retired before 1997.
19 Mar 2008
Clegg fights for Gurkha veterans to receive equal rights
Hundreds retired Gurkhas demonstrated outside Parliament today demanding the right to remain in the UK and pension equality with British soldiers. Gurkhas who retired after 1997 can automatically stay in the UK, but those who retired earlier must apply. Fifty of the Nepalese soldiers handed their service medals to Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg in protest. Nick will be handing them to the Prime Minister. At PMQs, Nick, holding up one of the medals handed back by one of the protesters, demanded all Gurkhas be given equal pay and pension rights as well as the right to live in the UK. Liberal Democrat Lords have launched a Bill in the House of Lords to try to change the law regarding the right for all Gurkhas to remain in the UK.
19 Mar 2008