http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Slough Liberal Democrats en-GB Slough Liberal Democrats http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Slough Liberal Democrats 2010-03-10T05:43+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001079/cameron_in_complete_disarray_over_ni_deal_says_carmichael.html Commenting after a vote at the Northern Ireland Assembly, Alistair Carmichael said: 2010-03-09T23:24+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001080/lord_taverne_requests_house_of_lords_investigate_ashcroft.html The Honours Scrutiny Committee withdrew its objections to Lord Ashcroft becoming a peer on the basis of his clear undertaking that he would “take up permanent residence in the United Kingdom again before the end of the calendar year”. 2010-03-09T23:15+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001078/export_figures_are_deeply_alarming_says_cable.html Commenting on the news that UK exports took their biggest plunge in more than three years during January, Vince Cable said: 2010-03-09T20:24+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001076/tory_social_care_poll_tax_will_only_help_the_wealthy_says_lamb.html The figures, released ahead of tomorrow’s cross-party social care conference, undermine Conservative claims that their plans would enable older people to pass their homes on to their children as two thirds of pensioner households would have to sell or release equity from their homes to pay for the private insurance scheme. 2010-03-09T17:58+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001077/police_must_be_able_to_monitor_sex_offenders_on_social_network_sites.html In a letter to the Home Secretary, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Chris Huhne called for both the failures of conventional monitoring and the inadequacy of internet monitoring to be put right. 2010-03-09T16:16+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001075/police_must_be_able_to_monitor_sex_offenders_on_social_network_sites_says_huhne.html In a letter to the Home Secretary, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Chris Huhne called for both the failures of conventional monitoring and the inadequacy of internet monitoring to be put right. 2010-03-09T16:16+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001074/mop_cupboards_no_place_to_treat_patients_says_lamb.html Commenting on today’s Nursing Times survey which revealed nurses are being asked to treat patients in mop cupboards, Norman Lamb said: 2010-03-09T05:01+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001073/vince_cable_delivers_speech_to_reform_scotland.html Extracts from the speech are below: 2010-03-09T00:01+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001072/miliband_and_brown_trying_to_rewrite_history_says_davey.html Commenting on David Miliband’s appearance before the Chilcot Inquiry, Edward Davey said: 2010-03-08T19:09+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001071/labour_has_neglected_carers_says_lamb.html Commenting on the report by the Princess Royal Trust for Carers which reveals that only 23% of the money allocated to help carers was used in this way, Norman Lamb said: 2010-03-08T17:36+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001055/nick_clegg_accuses_conservatives_of_a_crude_form_of_blackmail.html Speaking to party workers, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg accused the Conservatives of ‘a crude form of blackmail’ by encouraging fears of a fall in the stock market. 2010-03-08T14:00+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001053/european_court_endorsement_of_local_cypriot_property_solution_welcome.html Reacting to the European Court of Human Rights' ruling that the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) in North Cyprus is a valid forum for settlement of property claims from Greek Cypriot 1974 refugees, Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford said: 2010-03-08T13:00+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001052/us_congress_panel_armenian_genocide_vote_wrong.html London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford, the party's European justice & human rights spokeswoman and vice-chair of the European Parliament delegation to the United States, has strongly criticised the vote by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives to label the treatment of Armenians in 1915 as 'genocide'. She said: 2010-03-08T10:00+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001056/launch_of_the_campaign_for_body_confidence.html A panel of experts including fashion writer and broadcaster Caryn Franklin and author of Fat is a Feminist Issue, Susie Orbach, will debate measures to tackle the harm caused by pressure to conform to unrealistic and unhealthy body image ideals.  Other attendees include Girlguides, Linda Papadopoulous and the world’s leading body image experts. 2010-03-08T05:02+00:00 http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/001057/liberal_democrats_celebrate_international_womens_day.html "I am pleased to add my support to International Women's Day. It is crucial that people are able to come together to celebrate the achievements of women around the world. However this is not a time to just be reflective but also a time to look forwards and work together to stamp out all signs of inequality that threatens to undermine our society." 2010-03-08T05:01+00:00