The following article was written by Stephen Williams MP and was originally published on the Liberal Democrat Voice Website: There has been much talk in recent weeks about how Liberal Democrats show our distinctiveness and make the party’s voice heard more loudly in government. A key part of this is the role of the Lib [...]

Children’s Minister Sarah Teather recently took part in an interview followed by a readers’ Question and Answer session for the Guardian about special needs provision: Sarah Teather, the children’s minister, comes across as genuinely passionate about helping children with special needs. So much so that at one point in the interview, she got quite cross. [...]

Don’t ever lose faith with the younger generation. That was the impression I will take away from the question and answer session I was invited to by year 6 pupils at the “Woodlands” school in Short Heath, Willenhall. Year 6 had written to me about the problem of dog mess which was becoming a real [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Rob Blackie | Published 23rd May 2011 – 12:27 pm Let’s face it, Lords reform doesn’t come up on the doorsteps often, however important it is. But there is one group of people in Britain who Lib Dem Voice readers know, who care deeply about Lords reform. Campaigners for AV, [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Helen Duffett | Published 23rd May 2011 – 2:00 pm Nick Clegg gave a speech today on climate change and the green economy, giving more detail on how the Coalition will meet its ambition to be the greenest government ever. (It’s good to see another Lib Dem policy being enacted [...]

Responding to the McNulty report’s call for local authorities to have more involvement in rail franchises, Cllr Peter Box, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Economy and Transport Board, said: “The LGA has consistently campaigned for greater involvement of councils in decisions about the new rail franchises and it is very pleasing to see this [...]

Motorists are being warned to insure their vehicles ahead of a new crackdown to tackle the menace of uninsured driving. Under the new Continuous Insurance Enforcement law – which will affect all motorists from June 20 – it is an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle, rather than just to drive when uninsured. A national [...]

The following article was written by Stephen Williams MP and published yesterday on the Liberal Democrat Voice Website. There has been much talk in recent weeks about how Liberal Democrats show our distinctiveness and make the party’s voice heard more loudly in government. A key part of this is the role of the Lib Dem [...]

I have been invited to Woodlands School, Short Heath to do a questions and answer session with year 6 pupils. This all began when I received a number of letters from pupils at the school about the problem dog fouling. I’ve been warned that the questions might be extended into other issues of concern. I’ll let [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Mark Pack | Published 22nd May 2011 – 6:54 pm The Guardian has an in-depth profile of Vince Cable: “I think it is not understood that the British economy has declined by 6 or 7% – it is now 10% below trend.” The three deep grooves at the corners of [...]