A Christmas Celebration in Eyres Monsell
THE local area committee have agreed to invest money into running the first Christmas public festival in the Eyres Monsell area for decades.
28 Nov 2005
National News
Liberal Democrat President Simon Hughes MP pledges to go to jail rather than have an ID Card
Simon Hughes MP and President of the Liberal Democrats has pledged to go to jail rather than carry the proposed new national ID card. Simon Hughes became the first senior politician to sign up to a civil disobedience campaign being mounted by opponents of the government scheme, which is facing strong opposition in the House of Lords. He told Sunday's Observer newspaper that he still hoped the bill would be defeated. But if not, he was 'absolutely' ready to go behind bars if necessary.
28 Nov 2005
High Environmental Standards in Council buildings
Braunstone Health and Social Care Centre won an award at the Procon Award Ceremony.
28 Nov 2005
Dundee LibDems back national campaign for warm homes
Dundee Liberal Democrats are backing the Warm Homes Campaign, the annual winter campaign organised by fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland, in association with energy supplier Powergen, to highlight the plight of households who are unable to afford to heat their homes to adequate levels this winter.
25 Nov 2005
Polish discrimination contravenes EU law
As the Catholic fundamentalist prime minister of Poland Kazimierz Macinkiewicz visited the UK, Liberal Democrat European Justice spokeswoman and London MEP Baroness Sarah Ludford pressed the European Commission to take firm action against the increasingly homophobic attitudes being fostered in Poland under the new right-wing government.
25 Nov 2005
Halifax survey shows council tax hits pensioners hardest
Commenting on the findings of the Halifax survey into council tax rises, Liberal Democrat candidate for Park ward Robin Lawrence said "These figures are yet more evidence that Council tax is Britain's most unfair tax. It falls disproportionately on pensioners and the low paid. We already have the spectre of pensioners going to jail over this tax, how much more proof do the Government need of social injustice before they act?"
25 Nov 2005