An end to puppy farming
Liberal Democrat Defra Spokesperson, Baroness Parminter, will today challenge the government to end puppy farming in the UK through an Oral Question in the House of Lords.
9 Nov 2015
Folkestone Town Forthcoming Event: Armistice Day at the Machine Gun Corp Memorial
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the Two Minute Silence is observed on Armistice Day. The time which marks the end of hostilities in the First World War in 1918.
9 Nov 2015
Folkestone Town Forthcoming Event: Remembrance Sunday
The Folkestone Remembrance Sunday ceremony, held at the Folkestone War Memorial, at the top of The Road of Remembrance, is attended by the Town Mayor, civic dignitaries, Councillors, Veterans Associations, youth organisations and cadet forces.
5 Nov 2015
Government Expects Parliament to Swallow an Iceberg
The new draft surveillance bill is like an iceberg, with a vast bulk of technical change obscured beneath the surface, according to civil liberties organisation NO2ID, the national campaign against the database state.
NOIDPR
4 Nov 2015
New Restrictions on Overnight Lorry Parking Welcomed
Former Folkestone & Sandgate County Councillor Tim Prater has welcomed news that lorry drivers have been banned from parking on a number of roads across the district overnight and at weekends.
2 Nov 2015
Lib Dems to Oppose Ministers Signing-off Own Warrants in Investigatory Powers Bill
Commenting on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill due to be published this week, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman Alistair Carmichael said:
1 Nov 2015
National News
Windrush Day 2025
77 years ago today, the HMT Empire Windrush docked in Essex - marking the beginning of the Windrush generation’s arrival here in the UK.
20 Jun 2025
LGBT+
Pride Month 2025
So we will keep fighting - until we can finally build a society where everyone is free to be who they are.
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1 Jun 2025
LGBT+
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
My message to the UK’s LGBTQ+ community is clear - I support you. I stand with you.
CJ
17 May 2025
Home Affairs
Standing Up to Divisive Politics
In the face of divisive and destructive politics, it is more important than ever that the Liberal Democrats continue to offer a liberal alternative.
LS
14 May 2025
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3 May 2025
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