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New 111 service will be better than NHS Direct – Burstow

New 111 service will be better than NHS Direct – Burstow

By Party News (Lib Dem) • on August 30, 2010

Commenting Liberal Democrat Health Minister, Paul Burstow said:"NHS 111 will build on NHS Direct but will go further providing a...

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Corus deal will get Teesside’s heart beating again, says Swales

Corus deal will get Teesside’s heart beating again, says Swales

By Party News (Lib Dem) • on August 27, 2010

Corus and Thai steel company SSI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for SSI to buy the Teesside Cast Products plant from Corus.Liberal...

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Corus deal will get Teeside’s heart beating again, says Swales

Corus deal will get Teeside’s heart beating again, says Swales

By Party News (Lib Dem) • on August 27, 2010

Corus and Thai steel company SSI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for SSI to buy the Teesside Cast Products plant from Corus.Liberal...

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Rise in obesity operations shows Labour failed on public health

Rise in obesity operations shows Labour failed on public health

By Party News (Lib Dem) • on August 27, 2010

Commenting on the 10-fold rise in the number of obesity-related surgeries carried out on the NHS in less than a decade, Liberal Democrat health...

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Nick Clegg delivers speech on social mobility

Nick Clegg delivers speech on social mobility

By Party News (Lib Dem) • on August 18, 2010

Nick Clegg said:Check against deliveryAs of today, the new Coalition Government is 100 days old. Inevitably there is a plenty...

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Coalition bans cowboy clampers

Coalition bans cowboy clampers

By Party News (Lib Dem) • on August 17, 2010

The Coalition Government has announced that car clamping on private land is to be banned.This long-standing Liberal Democrat policy and...

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Chris Huhne delivers speech on Labour’s legacy

Chris Huhne delivers speech on Labour’s legacy

By Party News (Lib Dem) • on August 11, 2010

“Labour were once a serious party.“Whatever our disagreements, Labour wanted to tackle the real problems in our society. Independence...

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Chris Huhne has called on councils to kick-start a local power revolution

At present only 0.01% of electricity in England is generated by local authority-owned renewables, despite the scope that exists to install projects on their land...

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Controversial children’s database ContactPoint to be scrapped

Liberal Democrats opposed ContactPoint from the start. At the last Lib Dem Autumn Conference a motion was passed calling for an end to the database and to invest...

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RBS must use profits to help struggling businesses, says Williams

Commenting on the £1.1bn pre-tax half year profits announced by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) today, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Treasury Policy Committee,...

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Vince Cable announces large investment in low-carbon jobs in the North East

Of this package, £1.3m will help develop Carbon Capture and Storage technology, which will be vital in reducing carbon emissions while ensuring Britain's...

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We need to make girls feel confident about their own body, says Swinson

Commenting, Jo Swinson said: “I am delighted that Girlguiding UK is taking up this issue. I co-founded the Campaign for Body Confidence out of concern...

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Liberal Democrat Party Elections 2010

Under the Constitutional Amendments passed at the Spring Conference in 2006 the Party Committees elected this autumn will serve for a two-year term of office...

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We must consider if Trident can be justified, says Campbell

“This confirmation of what had already been predicted makes it essential that the case for like-for-like replacement of Trident should, as the Liberal Democrats...

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Give workers freedom to choose retirement date, says Minister

Commenting, Ed Davey said: “With more and more people wanting to extend their working lives we should not stop them just because they have reached a particular...

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