Christine McHugh spoke at an emergency debate at the Liberal Democrat's Annual Conference today in Brighton to highlight the double whammy facing Bedford Hospital: tackling the deficit with drastic job cuts and facing the Strategic Health Authority review which is threatening services delivered by District General Hospitals.
On a visit to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Menzies Campbell highlighted the problems of growing health inequalities under Labour:
Today at Conference the Liberal Democrats supported the biggest overhaul to British tax policy in modern times. The unamended motion will make the 'Green Switch', by shifting taxes from positive things such as work onto negative things which damage the environment.
Liberal Democrat Conference officially opened today and had a packed agenda with four main policy motions and presentations from leading Parliamentarians such as Ed Davey and Nick Clegg as well as Question and Answer session with Sir Menzies Campbell.
Yesterday Conference saw three consultative sessions take place at Liberal Democrat Conference. The sessions were on - Climate Change, Crime, the European Union.
Thousands of Liberal Democrats are today heading to Brighton for their annual conference. The two centre-pieces of the week are expected to be the tax reform paper, to be debated on Tuesday, and the report of the Meeting the Challenge Working Group - 'Trust in People: Make Britain free, fair and green', which will be debated on Wednesday.
