Honour for Paddy Ashdown
Former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown is among the figures from the world of politics to be named in the 2006 New Year Honours list.
31 Dec 2005
National News
Christmas Quiz 2005 - Answers and Result
Congratulations to Di Matra of Dunes Road who entered the Shepway Lib Dem Christmas 2005 Quiz on line - and won! Di got 15 out of 16 answers correct, and won a DVD player which was delivered by Peter Carroll - a nice surprise just before Christmas!
30 Dec 2005
19m Revamp to Start
WORK on a £19m city council scheme to improve Leicester city centre is set to begin in the New Year.
30 Dec 2005
Liberal Democrats call for MI6 'abduction' inquiry
Liberal Democrat Foreign affairs spokesman Sir Menzies Campbell has called for an intelligence and security committee (ISC) inquiry into claims that an MI6 officer took part in the abduction and torture of 28 Pakistani terror suspects in Greece.
29 Dec 2005
New Year's Message 2006 from Charles Kennedy
At this time of year, we need to remember those worse off than ourselves. This Labour government keeps telling us that Britain is getting better; but it's not getting better for everybody. Unfairness divides our society. Inequality is worse than under Margaret Thatcher. We have an unfair tax system which means those on the lowest earnings pay more of their income in tax than the richest. Yet the new economy and the new information society have brought challenges and opportunities which should enable every individual to have the chance to make the best of their lives. These are challenges which I am determined my party will rise to.
29 Dec 2005
Dundee Liberal Democrat Group Leader highlights Dundee digital television issue
Cllr Fraser Macpherson, Liberal Democrat Group Leader on Dundee City Council, has highlighted the unfairness of the Government's plan to switch-over to digital television which will leave thousands of Dundee people who are served by the Tay Bridge Transmitter without access to digital terrestrial television until 2010.
29 Dec 2005