£1.2m Boost for Autism Projects
Liberal Democrat Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb has announced that £1.2m will be invested in projects to support adults with autism.
11 Nov 2014
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National Pollinator Strategy Will Help Protect Pollinator Populations
Liberal Democrats welcome the news that the government is taking forward a National Pollinator Strategy.
10 Nov 2014
National Pollinator Strategy Will Help Protect Pollinator Populations
Liberal Democrats welcome the news that the government is taking forward a National Pollinator Strategy.
10 Nov 2014
Saving People £50 on Energy Bills
Work by Liberal Democrats in government means that bills are £50 lower this year, the lights are kept on and we are reducing emissions.
7 Nov 2014
Celebrating National School Meals Week
Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg joined schoolchildren in Oxford to get some cooking tips from Raymond Blanc, as part of this week's celebrations for National School Meals week.
7 Nov 2014
Conservatives Defy 12,000 Petitioners and Demand £1.5m More is Cut from Bus Services
Despite over twelve thousand Herts residents petitioning for bus services to be protected the Conservatives in County Hall are still determined to slash bus services across the County.The County Council Highways and Transport Panel Tories voted down proposals from the Liberal Democrats that would have protected bus services and saved £753,000. They chose to ignore their own public consultation which showed only 30 people out of 4,548 supported cuts in services and also ignored 10 petitions totalling over 12,000 signatures from local residents opposing cuts. Instead the Conservatives have pushed through plans for a new consultation on cutting £1m from the bus budget. Rather than save bus services the Conservatives at County Hall are looking at capping bus subsidies at a level that will mean no buses at all in some of our most rural areas and stopping certain routes at 7.30pm. Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and the Opposition on Hertfordshire County Council, commented: "The full
6 Nov 2014