Liberal Democrat Euro MP Liz Lynne is backing a campaign to increase the awareness and availability of 112, the Europe-wide emergency phone number equivalent to 999 in the UK. The 112 number now works just like 999 in the UK and also in phone networks in 27 EU countries, but studies show most people still [...]

“The Government needs to get its act together to make sure health trusts work to cut infection rates,” says the Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary. Commenting on today’s PAC report on chlamydia, Norman Lamb said: “The Government has totally failed to get to grips with the problems caused by STIs. There appears to have been [...]

“The Liberal Democrats would give schools the extra money they need to cut class sizes and give individual attention to children who are struggling,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Schools Secretary. Commenting on Government figures showing that almost a third of poor boys cannot write their own name after a year at primary school, David [...]

“The critical thing now is to re-build public confidence and finally lay to rest the suggestion that children’s health is at risk from this vaccine,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary. Commenting on today’s ruling by the General Medical Council that Dr. Andrew Wakefield acted irresponsibly by stating there was a link between MMR [...]

“There is still no sign that the documents that need to be made public for this to be a meaningful hearing will be released,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary. Commenting ahead of Tony Blair’s appearance at the Chilcot Inquiry tomorrow, Edward Davey said: “There is still no sign that the documents that need [...]

“The Liberal Democrats would introduce fully flexible parental leave which can be shared between parents,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Children, Schools and Families Secretary. Commenting on the Government announcement on paternity leave, David Laws said:   “The Government fails to understand that all families are different and need far more flexibility when it comes [...]

“The Liberal Democrats are the only party committed to increasing police numbers of every area of the country,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary. Commenting on figures showing the number of police officers has fallen in most forces, Chris Huhne said:   “This is a worrying sign of what is to come as budgets [...]

Liberal Democrat Euro MP Liz Lynne, a long time campaigner against age discrimination, has welcomed a call by the Equality Commission to abolish compulsory retirement ages. The commission has called for “fundamental changes” to employment policies to open up opportunities for older people to work and tackle the challenge of an ageing workforce. The Commission [...]

Unemployment in Willenhall South has continued to climb and at 23% is amongst the worst 5 wards in the Borough. The figures for Willenhall and Short Heath are 15.8% and 16.5% respectively, both bellow the 19.5% average for across Walsall. The figures were given as part of a presentation on Worklessness given to Willenhall Local Neighbourhood [...]

“It’s especially galling when thousands of people are forced to apply for crisis loans because the Government’s benefits system fails to deliver on time,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary. Commenting on new figures showing that £1m in benefit payments was accidentally paid out to just 10 people, Steve Webb said: “Doling [...]