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
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Cost of living
Our plan to halve energy bills by 2035
Sky-high energy bills are a massive problem for families, pensioners and businesses across the UK.
LD
25 Jul 2025
International Affairs
Ending the suffering in Gaza and the West Bank
We can’t turn a blind eye to the devastation across the Occupied Territories if we want to achieve a permanent peace for Palestinians and Israelis.
LD
24 Jul 2025
Economy & Business
My liberal vision for a thriving economy
I’m proud that once again it is the Liberal Democrats leading the way, with our vision for an economy that is growing strongly, where everyone feels the benefits.
ED
16 Jul 2025
Education, Children & Schools
Our five principles for SEND reform
Ed Davey Munira Wilson have written to Keir Starmer setting out five principles for SEND reform, and offering to work on a cross-party basis with the government to ensure the reforms deliver for children with SEND and their families.
LD
9 Jul 2025
Benefits & Pensions
Standing up for the most vulnerable in society
Why we opposed the Government’s welfare bill
SD
3 Jul 2025
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
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