Former Liberal Democrat Welsh Assembly Member and Wrexham Council leader Aled Roberts has passed away aged 59.
It's all about why in Sefton Borough Lydiate, Maghull & Aintree Village Council Taxpayers pay twice to have their parks maintained This shot of Rigeway Park in Lydiate was taken in 2017 Well, this is a subject I've blogged about a few times in the past. Here is one such posting that explains things, it's from 2017:- And here's Lydiate Parish Council's submission (June 2013) to Sefton Council's consultation on the withdrawal of Double rating payments to the parish councils doing their own parks and gardens maintenance:- Double Rating in Sefton - Lydiate Parish Council's response to Sefton MBC's ...
Second paragraph of third chapter:Part 1 of our Debarkle saga is estories [sic] about the past. Most of them take place this century but some of the precursors to the events in our saga take place in the Twentieth Century. I can't hope to do justice to the full breadth of science fiction's history but I will be looking at selected events from that history that have repercussions to later events. What follows in this chapter is a whistle-stop tour over many decades up to the early 1990s to just briefly touch on some elements of the past that will ...
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Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader Jane Dodds Stated: I am devastated to hear of the passing of Aled. Aled was a committed liberal and was known for his extraordinary hard work as both an Assembly Member for North Wales and as a senior councillor on Wrexham Borough Council. This news is a deep blow to the Welsh Liberal Democrat family and my thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this difficult time. Throughout his time as an Assembly Member Aled continued to put standing up for his communities at the very heart of everything he did. Just one ...
Editorial note – in line with our usual policy on this issue, all comments will be moderated prior to publication. Please be patient whilst our volunteer editors review these. There is an interesting development that has (as usual) been ignored in the British Media. Members of the Geneva Initiative have developed a detailed plan which they are presenting to the United Nations and to the Biden Administration. Two of the main figures behind this initiative are Yossi Bellin and Yasser Abed Rabbo have both been ministers in the Israeli and Palestinian governments respectively. They have been joined by politicians, academics ...
Liberal Democrats are staunchly opposed to the Conservative government's Elections Bill currently moving through Parliament. Its provisions of mandating photo ID at polling stations and imposing the use of First Past the Post for mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections are actively harmful to democracy and solely for the benefit of the incumbent government. It should go without saying that this bill is diametrically opposed to our own party's constitutional and electoral reform policies including the adoption of single transferable vote and removing barriers to exercising the right to vote. However, in the face of undemocratic legislation, we as ...
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As if it were not bad enough that the UK Government are introducing a raft of measures to put outside of international law and block people fleeing famine, war and severe climate change from seeking asylum here, it turns out that their proposals are going to cost taxpayers a small fortune. The Guardian reports that a coalition of hundreds of pro-refugee organisations has estimated the astronomical costs of five Home Office policies to block refugees, which are due to become law in a matter of months: The campaign coalition Together With Refugees, which is made up of about 360 community ...
The Health and Social Care Bill currently in the House of Lords is intended to: sort out the under-funding of social care; remove the need for people to sell their houses to pay for their care; promote joined-up service delivery; replace the competitive model with a collaborative one. Sadly, as I wrote here, it appears to be a quick fix component level response to a whole systems problem which will simply "kick the problem on for a few more years". There is little point putting more and more money into the first aid camp at the bottom of the cliff ...
* taps microphone * Is this thing on? * taps microphone a bit harder * Right, yes, now where was I?... Good morning, and welcome to another Monday, here at Liberal Democrat Voice, the online home of liberal comment on the questions that face us all. So, the Government is still an utter shambles, with the possible exception of the Ministry of Defence, pursuing what the Economist describes as "the rise of unpopulism", pursuing causes that don't resonate beyond the Westminster bubble – the BBC, the National Trust – are contrary to their promises – NIC rises – or simply ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2022 Perth Road between Glamis Road and Seymour Street - rolling 2 way temporary traffic lights for 2 weeks for City Fibre works. Forthcoming Roadworks Perth Road (at Millbay Gardens) - off‑peak temporary traffic lights from Tuesday 22 February for 3 weeks for footway works. Riverside Drive (near Wright Avenue) - overnight (6.00pm to 6.30am) and off-peak temporary traffic lights from Monday 28 February for 2 weeks for Energy Assets gas service connection. West Grove Avenue - road closure between Perth Road ...
