Happy Christmas!
Shepway Liberal Democrats wish you and your family a very Happy Christmas and peaceful and successful New Year in 2007.
Shepway Liberal Democrats wish you and your family a very Happy Christmas and peaceful and successful New Year in 2007.
Christmas is a time where most of us get together with our friends and family to celebrate and enjoy ourselves. Unfortunately for some people, Christmas is a difficult time. It can bring back memories of loved ones who are no longer with us. It can be a time of loneliness and sadness.
Older people who have worked hard through their lives and put money into pensions for their old age will be penalised by Labour's plans for pensioners, claims Toby Philpott, Shepway Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman.
Local campaigner Peter Carroll has got real action to reduce Operation Stack misery. Kent Police have taken up a suggestion from Peter on traffic light phasing on the M20, agreeing to a suggestion to get traffic moving quicker coastbound while Stack is running.
In a speech to the IPPR today, Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell will pledge to take the fight on poverty to Labour's heartlands.
In the two World Wars the Gurkha Brigade suffered 43,000 casualties, and to date it has won 26 Victoria Crosses - 13 by Gurkhas and 13 by British Officers.
The Winter 2006 edition of the Kent & Medway Networks (KMN) Newsletter for Patient and Public Involvement in Health Forum Members in Kent and Surrey has been released. This publication gives an update on some of the work of the PPI Forums supported by KMN, and is available to download from this web site from the "Focus and Downloads > External Documents" section.
An on-line campaign to Save OUR Royal Victoria Hospital has been launched at www.sorv.org.uk - and people from across Shepway are being urged to get involved. The SORV site was launched by the Shepway Liberal Democrats on Tuesday and features an on-line petition and also asks for local people to send their experiences at and memories of the Royal Victoria.
A planning application for a new passenger terminal and extended runway at a Lydd (London Ashford) Airport has been submitted. The plans seek to build capacity at the airport to 500,000 passengers a year and offer flights further afield than presently.
For too long, tech giants have treated children as data to be mined, using addictive algorithms and harmful content to keep them scrolling. While some are calling for blanket bans, we know these are impractical and risk isolating vulnerable groups.
If the answer to “Is our nuclear deterrent working?” depends on what Donald Trump had for breakfast, then the answer is no, it’s not. And our deterrent is not truly independent.
The UK is facing a mental health emergency. Liberal Democrats have a proud record of pushing Britain’s mental health services forward. Now we are offering the bold solutions we need to fight the crisis unfolding in our communities.
Ed Davey is a husband, a father and a carer. He is the Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
It is Ed’s experience of caring that drives much of his politics, and motivates his tireless campaigning for a fair deal.
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