The Liberal Democrats today passed a motion at Party Conference in Brighton aimed at reducing the burden of regulation on small business. 592 new rules and regulations have been introduced since 1997, and together with the additional administration requirements, the cost to business is estimated to be £50bn.
Leader of the Lib Dems on Shepway District Council, Cllr Lynne Beaumont, has slammed the Conservative leader of Shepway Council Cllr Robert Bliss for implying that local people for the appalling state of Shepway's streets.
Liberal Democrats from across Britain are heading for Brighton this weekend to put in place the policy framework that will take the party through the rest of this Parliament.
South East England's Horse Chestnut trees, which have provided conkers for generations of schoolchildren, are currently dying in their thousands in the worst case of tree blight since Dutch Elm Disease 30 years ago.
Shepway Lib Dems have reacted with jubilation at the news that Harcourt School in Cheriton and Selsted Primary School have been saved from the recent round of school closures threatened by Conservative Kent County Council. The decision was announced on 15th September 2006 after a long period of consultation and campaigning by local people.
A video-podcast with Billy Bragg is to be published this weekend as part of the Taking Power cross-party virtual conference on the state of Britain's democracy.
A massive campaign by parents, local residents and children to save Harcourt and Selsted Schools from closure sensationally won today as Kent County Council withdrew the threat from the schools. Kent had proposed the "merger" of Harcourt with Morehall Primary School onto the Morehall site, and the complete closure of Selsted Primary.
Commenting on reports today that Gordon Brown has blocked plans to devolve more powers to town halls, Liberal Democrat Shadow Local Government Secretary, Andrew Stunell MP said:
A BBC report says more than 200 children left without a school after it was destroyed by fire are to be given temporary accommodation in Port Lympne wildlife park.
Serious concerns have been raised about the decision to allow the hard shoulders of a section of motorway such as the M20 to be used during busy periods following statistics showing the number of deaths on hard shoulders.
Nigel Farage is to take over as leader of the UK Independence Party. Mr Farage, a former commodities broker who lives in west Kent, is already a MEP for the South East region.
The Local Party Executive of Shepway Lib Dems invites applications for selection as Prospective Candidate for the constituency of Folkestone & Hythe.
