http://en.redtram.com/ libdems-aldridge.org.uk Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:32:23 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 51575 | Make it Happen! http://en.redtram.com/go/136438941/top100/ 136438941 Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg today launched the party's Make it Happen document, which is a statement of the party's vision and values. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:31:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/136438941/top100/ 51575 | Allow social landlords to buy unsellable houses http://en.redtram.com/go/136438938/top100/ 136438938 Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Dr Vince Cable MP has called for councils to engage in large scale acquisition of houses that cannot be sold in the current depressed housing market. The move would provide homes for the homeless or for Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:31:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/136438938/top100/ 51575 | NHS should be transformed into a People's Health Service - Clegg http://en.redtram.com/go/129537333/top100/ 129537333 Speaking ahead of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has criticised the Government's record of waste and inefficient centralised control in the health service, which has led to widening health inequalities. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:23:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/129537333/top100/ 51575 | Giving power to people and communities - Nick Clegg speech to the LGA http://en.redtram.com/go/129537330/top100/ 129537330 Councils should be set free from depending on Whitehall funding by raising three-quarters of their money locally, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said today in a speech to the Local Government Association Conference in Bournemouth. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:23:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/129537330/top100/ 51575 | Centralised education system is failing pupils - Clegg http://en.redtram.com/go/129537311/top100/ 129537311 The Government's 'one size fits all' approach to schools will today be accused of failing thousands of pupils by not providing a personalised education by Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:23:34 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/129537311/top100/ 51575 | Liberal Democrats launch radical new transport policies http://en.redtram.com/go/129537155/top100/ 129537155 Radical transport proposals to significantly increase long-term rail investment, introduce road user pricing to tackle pollution and congestion and hand control of buses back to local authorities have been launched today by the Liberal Democrats. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:22:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/129537155/top100/ 51575 | ID cards 'could threaten privacy' - Select Committee Report http://en.redtram.com/go/124292678/top100/ 124292678 The Home Affairs Select Committee has called for proper safeguards on the plans for compulsory ID cards to stop "function creep" threatening privacy. It wants a guarantee that the scheme will not be expanded without MPs' approval. The government says Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:07:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/124292678/top100/ 51575 | Liberal Democrats warn of education cuts http://en.redtram.com/go/124292670/top100/ 124292670 Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has warned that England's schools are heading for a "funding squeeze". In a speech at the Institute for Public Policy Research, Mr Clegg said education is a key priority for the Liberal Democrats. " Labour's Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:07:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/124292670/top100/ 51575 | Sir Menzies on 42 days http://en.redtram.com/go/124292665/top100/ 124292665 Sir Menzies Campbell used his first parliamentary speech since resigning as the Liberal Democrat leader to issue a rallying call to MPs to accept that their duty to protect freedom "transcends all of our other responsibilities". Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:07:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/124292665/top100/ 51575 | Axe road tax and fuel duty says Nick Clegg http://en.redtram.com/go/124292280/top100/ 124292280 Road tax and fuel duty should be axed - but drivers would then be charged up to 12p a kilometre - under plans put forward by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. The most polluting vehicles would incur a higher "showroom Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:05:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/124292280/top100/ 51575 | Liberal Democrats plan green firms' rebate http://en.redtram.com/go/124292182/top100/ 124292182 Speaking at a joint press event with Greenpeace Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said that companies that "green" their premises with energy-saving improvements should be offered a rebate or reduced bill. He said that he could see the "green" business Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:05:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/124292182/top100/ 51575 | Nick Clegg writes in the Telegraph http://en.redtram.com/go/112633938/top100/ 112633938 Nick Clegg has a major article in the Daily Telegraph today, highlighting that: Wed, 28 May 2008 16:43:20 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/112633938/top100/ 51575 | Nick Clegg's Speech on the Liberal Democrat approach to taxation http://en.redtram.com/go/109716950/top100/ 109716950 Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg today called for tax cuts for low and middle-income earners after a decade of tax hikes and unprecedented public spending rises. Tue, 20 May 2008 16:41:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/109716950/top100/ 51575 | Clegg voices Afghan campaign fears http://en.redtram.com/go/109171811/top100/ 109171811 Failure in Afghanistan would be "devastating" while the Nato mission was "hanging in the balance", Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has said on a visit. Speaking during his first trip there, Mr Clegg warned that without lasting peace and stability Mon, 19 May 2008 07:30:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/109171811/top100/ 51575 | Clegg attacks Brown's 'ragbag' proposals http://en.redtram.com/go/107656336/top100/ 107656336 The government's planned legislation is a "ragbag of proposals" at the end of a "dreadful week" for the Prime Minister", said Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. He said it was just the latest in a long list of re-organisations by Thu, 15 May 2008 13:32:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/107656336/top100/ 51575 | One million still losing out despite Chancellor's by-election budget - Cable http://en.redtram.com/go/107307353/top100/ 107307353 Commenting on the Chancellor's plans to compensate low paid workers who lost out when the 10p income tax rate was abolished, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said: Wed, 14 May 2008 17:00:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/107307353/top100/ 51575 | Government Departments failing to make Green travel choices http://en.redtram.com/go/106629436/top100/ 106629436 Government departments are failing to reduce unnecessary travel or investigate green alternatives to air travel. The Tandberg report, published today, found departments are failing to adequately record travel and rarely ask civil servants to justify their journeys, for example by Mon, 12 May 2008 18:27:15 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106629436/top100/ 51575 | Crewe and Nantwich - Labour call snap Parliamentary by-election for May 22nd http://en.redtram.com/go/106629423/top100/ 106629423 Labour have called the Crewe and Nantwich by-election for May 22nd, just three weeks time. Labour's chief whip, moved the writ in Parliament today. This is eight days ahead of the funeral of Gwyneth Dunwoody, the Labour MP whose death Mon, 12 May 2008 18:27:13 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106629423/top100/ 51575 | West Midlands Sikh visit to European Parliament ends in protest http://en.redtram.com/go/106565435/top100/ 106565435 Today was the day when local LibDem Euro-MP Liz Lynne was supposed to welcome a delegation from the Sikh Federation in the West Midlands to the European Parliament, but it finished as a protest outside the building when, for the Mon, 12 May 2008 13:28:13 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106565435/top100/ 51575 | Nick Clegg hails strong set of results in local elections http://en.redtram.com/go/106565425/top100/ 106565425 Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has praised the party's strong performance in the local elections. Gordon Brown said it had been a "bad and disappointing" election for Labour, as the party suffered its worst council results in at least 40 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:28:09 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106565425/top100/