Chris Huhne Only seven people caught selling alcohol to children in 2007 were given the maximum fine, figures highlighted by the Liberal Democrats show. The information, contained in a Parliamentary answer, shows that: No one was fined the maximum amount for selling or allowing the sale of alcohol to under 18s No one was find [...]

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 alcohol Concern has been mounting in recent years over the amount of alcohol people are consuming and the impact this has on our society. The Liberal Democrats proposals, rather than penalising the responsible majority, target the causes of alcohol-related harm. We believe that the key factors affecting the drinking culture in [...]

Willenhall Partnership reached agreement on Wednesday on priorities for the next twelve months reports Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Shires. The outcomes of the well attended special meeting were arrived at by developing on the priorities that the Partnership identified earlier as part of its input into Walsall Council’s Budget consultation. Five areas of priority came out [...]

Walsall’s Tory Cabinet met last night to decide the future “direction of travel” for Sneyd School. In-spite of local feeling, Walsall’s “listening council” decided to “cock a deaf ‘en”, ignore the call to keep 11-19 education provision on the Sneyd site and go for consultation on the 14-19 college option reports Liberal Democrat councillor Ian [...]

Nick Clegg has described today’s Budget as “a pick and mix Budget of recycled announcements from a government skilled in raising people’s hopes but incompetent at actually delivering help.” Responding to Alistair Darling’s Budget, Nick Clegg said: “Today we got a pick and mix Budget of recycled announcements from a government skilled in raising people’s [...]

Budget 2009 You will be able to find all the Liberal Democrat reaction and analysis to the Budget throughout the day on www.LibDems.org.uk. Here is how the Liberal Democrats will help people: We will cut income tax bills by £700 for the vast majority of families and households. Read the details >>   We would [...]

Judging by the reports in yesterday’s Express & Star the fight to keep 11-19 education on the Sneyd School site is all but over. Well it’s not!! The cabinet meets tonight at 6pm at Walsall Council House and our message to them is that closing Sneyd might make sense to the educationists but commonsense says [...]

The Liberal Democrats will fight the next general election with a pledge to cut income tax bills by £700 for people on low and middle incomes. The party will promise to raise the income tax personal allowance to £10,000 by closing tax loopholes exploited by big businesses and the wealthy. Measures which will be used [...]

The row over options for consultation on the future of Sneyd School was taken to Walsall’s full council meeting last night reports Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Shires. Ian used the end of year ”State of Walsall” debate to ensure that all councillors were made aware of Willenhall Partnership’s recommendation to cabinet (reported on this blog on 19th April [...]

This article was in last night’s Express & Star and is further proof, if ever we needed it, that the M6 Toll has been an abject failure. “Instead of spending £Millions on the Birmingham Traffic Management System the Highways Agency would better serve those living by and using the “Birmingham Box” section of the M6 [...]