The Liberal Democrats have suspended their participation in a cross-party approach to climate change due to failure of the Conservatives to reach agreement on the development of specific policies.
De Parys Lib Dem Councillor David Sawyer has lashed out at a mobile phone company for ignoring concerns from local residents and pushing ahead with plans for a new phone mast close to three Bedford schools.
Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell MP has outlined his priorities for a liberal Britain in a major speech, including plans to protect the environment and to make the tax system simpler, fairer and greener.
A Swiss MP, Dick Marty, has conducted a seven-month inquiry for the Council of Europe by Swiss MP Dick Marty in to CIA extraordinary rendition. He claims that CIA flights have landed in European countries and The UK has helped the US fly terror suspects to secret detention camps. He accuses the UK of being a stop-off point for CIA flights and of passing information on British suspects who were later tortured.
Today is the United Nations's World Environment Day. To coincide the Liberal Democrats are calling on individuals to promise to do their bit and join the Liberal Democrat 'pledge pyramid', whereby everyone signs up to one of the Environment Agency's pledges, and then encourages all their friends and colleagues to do the same.
A Friends of the Earth on-line poll today puts the Liberal Democrats far ahead of the other main parties in caring about climate change. Asked 'which of the three main parties cares most about climate change?', nearly 83 per cent of the respondents named the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives were in second place on 12 per cent and Labour on 6 per cent.
