News - Bedford Liberal Democrats

Renew your passport!

The Liberal Democrat Home Affairs team today applied to renew their passports to prevent their details from being added to the ID cards database. Once the Government has set up the National Identity Database, everyone who applies for a passport will have to attend an interview and have their fingerprints and irises scanned. Passports issued now will be valid for 10 years, meaning people will be able to wait until 2016 before they have to register for an ID card. Passports can be renewed at any time, irrespective of their expiry date.

23 May 2006

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Lib Dems launch green tax policies

The Liberal Democrats have launched a green taxation paper, The Green Switch, aimed at curbing carbon emissions and halting global warming. The main policies unveiled include:

19 May 2006

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Public inquiry over 7/7 attacks needed - Clegg

Responding to the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) report into the 7th July terrorist attacks, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Nick Clegg MP said:

12 May 2006

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Liberal Democrats warn of democracy crisis

A credibility crisis is building in Britain's political institutions, says Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell. Reform of the voting system and the House of Lords were "roadblocks" to getting people more involved in democracy, said Sir Menzies. He was speaking at a conference about democracy in the wake of the local elections, when turnout was 36%. The conference was organised by the Power Commission, which recently reported on how to get people more involved with politics.

10 May 2006

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Liberal Democrats win a greater share of the vote than Labour in local elections

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell has said the local elections represented "consolidation" as the Lib Dems won a greater share of the vote than Labour. Sir Menzies said the elections had not been a "test" of his leadership but of the party in general.

6 May 2006

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Lib Dems Celebrate Goldington Success

Borough Council Liberal Democrats are celebrating a successful win for Henry Rogers in the Borough Council elections for Goldington.

5 May 2006

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