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23 Jan 2006
News
New survey shows ministers failing to get to grips with NHS reforms - Webb
Responding to a survey in the Health Service Journal which shows that 75% of NHS bosses say patient care will suffer because of the current cash crisis, Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, said "The cash crisis in the NHS is clearly spiraling out of control and ministers show no sign of getting to grips with the problem."
20 Jan 2006
Minister confirms unfairness of Council Tax
New facts confirming the unfairness of Council Tax have been revealed in Parliament by the Paymaster General, Dawn Primarolo MP. Asked by the Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, David Laws to reveal how much people pay in Council Tax as a percentage of their income, Ms Primarolo confirmed what we have been saying for ages: that the Council Tax penalizes the poorest!
20 Jan 2006
Sir Menzies Campbell calls for Blair statement on extraordinary rendition
Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Liberal Democrat Acting Leader, has today written to the Prime Minister calling on him to make a statement to the House of Commons clarifying what the Government knew about the CIA's extraordinary rendition operations.
19 Jan 2006
Answers needed over slowness of Bichard implementation - Campbell
Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats, today at Prime Minister's Questions challenged the Prime Minister to tell the House of Commons how many of Sir Michael Bichard's recommendations following the Soham murders have so far been implemented. Sir Menzies went on to ask why the Impact computer system is reported to be three years behind schedule.
18 Jan 2006
Liberal Democrats call for CSA to be scrapped as evidence mounts that it is not working
Ahead of a debate on the CSA secured by the Liberal Democrats in the House of Commons today, Liberal Democrat analysis of CSA statistics reveals that 4 out of 5 absent parents paid no child support in the three months to October 2005.
17 Jan 2006