The Eurozone Crisis - Some Lib Dem Comments
The gathering Eurozone crisis - particularly the dramatic summit on Friday when David Cameron dug his heels in - has generated a variety of comments from Lib Dem spokespeople.
11 Dec 2011
Surrey Lib Dems
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Conservative Surrey must take more care
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are presenting a motion to next week's Full Council raising concerns about the County's performance with regard to child adoption and children in care.
7 Dec 2011
Incinerator at Charlton Lane Eco Park gets go-ahead despite call-in request
The controversial waste processing development in Charlton Lane, Shepperton has been given clearance to go ahed by Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, despite calls from local residents' representatives for a call-in for review of Surrey County Council's decision by his department.
2 Dec 2011
Surrey Liberal Democrats launch Facebook page
Surrey County Council Liberal Democrats have launched a Facebook page to increase the County Council group's social networking profile in campaigning on issues for the residents of Surrey.
2 Dec 2011
Scrapping fare rise good news for passengers
Commenting on the announcement that the Coalition Government will not go ahead with a planned 2% increase in the maximum amount by which train operators can raise fares, Co-chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee for Transport, Julian Huppert MP said: "This is good news for train passengers. The Liberal Democrats are determined to stand up for passengers and I am glad the Coalition has done the right thing and protected them from the planned increase."
29 Nov 2011
Lib Dems welcome libraries U-turn - but it must go further
Surrey County Council's Liberal Democrats have welcomed the major U-turn by the Conservative administration in its plans to turn a further nine libraries into "Community Partnership Libraries", but say it doesn't go far enough.
29 Nov 2011
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