There is no Liberal Democrat Councillor Advice Surgery this evening (Friday). It’s the 5th Friday in the month. However Liberal Democrat Councillor Ian Shires will be at New Invention Library, The Square, Lichfield Road tomorrow, Saturday, between 10am and 11am. So if you’ve a problem with council buraucracy or Walsall Housing Group (WHG) or have [...]

Liberal Democrat MEP Sharon Bowles, the Chair of the influential Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee in the European Parliament, has accused fellow Conservative and Labour MEPs of undermining the economic stability of the Eurozone and UK for their refusal to back tighter fiscal rules for euro members. Ms Bowles, who was heavily involved in the [...]

Responding to Thursday’s Office for Fair Access (OFFA) report, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and the Government’s Advocate for Access to Education, Simon Hughes, said the body must be given the power to punish universities that fail to offer places to enough students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Simon Hughes said: “This is further confirmation of how many [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Prateek Buch | Published 29th September 2011 – 3:53 pm Leading commentators on the political economy must have been flattered to hear many of their principles and policies given lip service by Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls this week in his speech to the Labour party conference. Flattered only to be [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Harry Matthews | Published 29th September 2011 – 2:29 pm It is great news to hear that, after extending the franchise to 16 year olds in 2006, the Isle of Man is going to the polls today – and for the first time including 16 & 17 year olds! However, [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Mark Pack | Published 29th September 2011 – 8:45 am Good to see a Liberal Democrat MEP taking up this cause in a press release: Liberal Democrat London MEP Sarah Ludford has called for the blocking of plans by European Parliament bosses known as the ‘bureau’ to spend £26 million [...]

As the European Parliament meets for a second time this month in Strasbourg, UK Liberal Democrat MEP Edward McMillan-Scott, European Parliament Vice-President responsible for Democracy and Human Rights, is calling for a spending stop for all building projects concerning the Parliament until a comprehensive analysis of the real costs of all its three working places [...]

Published on Huffington Post UK Dina Rickman First Posted: 28/9/11 Ed Miliband’s watered-down offer of a new deal in his conference speech, the “new bargain” for Britain, took about 12 hours to unravel. The question now, is how long it will take for the same thing to happen to his leadership. This morning Miliband took to [...]

Published by  The Huffington Post UK Chris Wimpress 29 Sept 2011 The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is to warn of the dangers of a “rupture” within the European Union, arguing that any hasty decisions on the Eurozone crisis could cause wider problems. His comments will serve as the first formal UK response to a proposal [...]

The introduction of the 41 Walsall to Willenhall via New Invention Service in place of the 341 and 369 services has deprived people along Lucknow Rd/Coppice Lane of vital links to GP’s/Employment areas in Green Lane/Reedswood and for people on the Wood Lane Estate, links to Willenhall. If you want to help in the campaign [...]