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The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.

Karrar Khan, Rushcliffe Parliamentary Candidate

Karrar Khan, Rushcliffe Parliamentary Candidate

Thank You To All Our Supporters

Thank you to everyone who supported us in the General Election. We achieved a very creditable second place and a significant increase in our share of the vote.

Recent updates

  • Golden ticket for Coalville?
    Article: Feb 5, 2012
    By Cllr Michael Wyatt

    Wyatt calls on Council to bid for Portas funding for Coalville Town High Street

    The government is looking for 12 run down High Streets in England to share £1m as part of plans proposed by TV retail guru Mary Portas.

    Areas will bid for support from a dedicated team and Ms Portas herself. The scheme was described as a "golden ticket" for town centres by local government minister, Grant Shapps.

  • Norman Lamb
    The Appointment of Norman Lamb as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills delays confirmation of Keynote Speaker at Spring Conference
    Article: Feb 3, 2012

    Following the promotion of Norman Lamb MP to be Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills East Midlands Liberal Democrats will have to wait until next week when Norman has had a chance to read his Ministerial Diary before we can confirm our Keynote Speaker for our Spring Conference in Leicester on Saturday 18th February. We are, or maybe were, looking forward to hearing about work in Government from the centre as Norman was until today (Friday) Assistant Whip & Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP.

  • Ed Davey MP
    Ed Davey - Former Nottingham High School head boy joins Cabinet as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
    Article: Feb 3, 2012

    Ed Davey attended Nottingham High School (1974-84) where he was head boy in 1984. He took first class honours in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Jesus College, Oxford (1985-1988) where he was elected President of the College's Junior Common Room and was active in an environmental campaigning group.

  • Dr. John Sentamu after his enthronement as Archbishop of York
    Football, Free Speech and the Archbishop of York
    Article: Feb 3, 2012
    By Brian Lomax OBE

    As a leisure and competitive activity, football is fair game for LGBT LibDem campaigning; but the Archbishop of York is not. Does this campaign not understand that attacking his right to state his sincere views is a threat to religious freedom and freedom of conscience, and therefore falls foul of the LGBT's own critique?

  • Two Liberal Democrat gains this week
    Article: Feb 3, 2012

    Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council - Madeley

    LD Simon White 617 (47.7; +21.7)

    Lab 342 (26.4; -7.9)

    Con 294 (22.7; -8.9)

    UKIP 41 (3.2; -4.9)

    Majority 275 Turnout 36.7%

    LD gain from Lab. Percentage change is since May 2011.

    Amersham Town Council - Amersham Old Town

    LD Vera Head 286 (30.2)

    Con 282 (29.8)

    UKIP 252 (26.6)

    Lab 127 (13.4)

    Majority 4 Turnout 25.9%

    LD gain from Con.

  • More Breaking News - Jo Swinson appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary
    Article: Feb 3, 2012

    Following the appointment of Norman Lamb as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Liberal Democrat MP for East Dunbartonshire, Jo Swinson has been appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Liberal Demcorats and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.

  • Breaking News - Ministerial Appointments
    Article: Feb 3, 2012

    Following the decision of the Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP to resign from the Government, The Queen has been pleased to approve the following ministerial appointments:

    • Ed Davey MP to become Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change;
    • Norman Lamb MP to become a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills;
    • Jenny Willott MP to become an Assistant Government Whip.
  • E-petition backing up Nick Clegg's wish to raise tax threshold
    Article: Feb 2, 2012
    By Caron Lindsay in Liberal Democrat Voice

    Readers may be interested in an e-petition on the HM Government website which calls on the Government to implement the tax cuts for the people on low and middle incomes which Nick Clegg called for last week. It says:

    Please sign this to persuade George Osborne to fast track the Lib Dem policy to increase the income tax threshold to £10,000 in the next budget, and hence take thousands more people out of tax and put £700 back in people's pockets. There are measures that can be taken to pay for this including the clamp down on tax avoidance and a mansion tax. Please support this and help the Lib Dems to help the lowest paid and middle income workers in this country.

    You can sign the petition here.

  • Julian Huppert
    Yearly MOT tests right decision - Huppert
    Article: Feb 1, 2012

    Welcoming the decision by the Transport Secretary to maintain yearly MOT tests, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Transport, Julian Huppert said:

    "In 2010 there were 1,850 deaths and more than 200,000 injuries on our roads. That's some 600 every day. With mechanical failure already contributing to a significant number of these, the Coalition Government has made the right decision to keep frequent MOT-tests.

    "This will also see the system strengthened through a combination of open public data and stronger regulation.

    "Liberal Democrats strongly believe road safety should be central to the Coalition Government's transport strategy. I look forward to working with the Secretary of State to further this agenda."

    Last November, in the wake of the M5 crash, Julian Huppert made it clear in Parliament that the Liberal Democrats wanted greater emphasis on road safety, and that the retention of the existing MOT system was a key part of that aim.

  • Tessa Munt MP
    Have your say on our Rural Policy paper
    Article: Feb 1, 2012
    By Tessa Munt MP in Liberal Democrat Voice

    It is my firm belief that local people know the area they live in best, village to village, town to town.

    I have been asked to have a think about what policy changes should be made so that people in rural areas get a fairer deal and the resultant rural policy paper will be presented at Autumn Conference. Clearly, we must be realistic - none of us expects to have major services (such as hospitals) on our doorstep. However, it seems to me that there are some areas of Government policy which could reflect rural needs more effectively.

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