The Liberal Democrats have today called for urgent measures to support the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV), including a formal return and improvement of the shielding programme.
The Government has so far failed to announce any specific measures for those who were classed as CEV in spite of their increased risk of serious illness from Covid. It comes after two cases of the newly discovered 'Omicron' variant of Covid were reported in the UK.
Food waste to landfill could double Council's greenhouse emissions
Questions asked at Derbyshire Dales District Council's meeting on Thursday 25th November have drawn attention to a consequence of the suspension since the beginning of August of separate food waste collection.
We have been shown calculations that indicate that this suspension will cause the food waste that has so far been dumped in landfill to contribute the equivalent of almost 1000 tonnes of CO2.
I'm Francis, Political Assistant to the Green Liberal Democrats and our first full time staff member.
I wanted to talk a little bit about who I am and the work I have been up to this month, in the first edition of my montly report as part of our pledge for greater transparency.
Today is Carers Rights Day, and the Liberal Democrats are continuing to stand up for carers.
The Covid pandemic has shown that we are a nation of carers. But it's also shown how, for this Conservative Government carers are nothing more than an afterthought.
From Ministers' abject failure to protect people in care homes, to their refusal to raise Carer's Allowance when they put up Universal Credit, carers have been forgotten and ignored again and again.
A petition has been started to save a county's council-run care homes after plans to close seven were announced.
Liberal Democrat leader for Derbyshire Councillor Ed Fordham has set up a petition rejecting 'the option of closure' on seven care homes for the elderly identified by the authority as needing £27million spending on them in repairs.
Derbyshire Dales Liberal Democrats have unveiled the team that will run the local party for the coming year.
Derbyshire Dales Lib Dems held their Annual General Meeting yesterday and elected a team of officers for 2022
Chair is Claire Cadogan. The Honorary President is Trevor Boam, Treasurer Henry Jebb, Secretary Midge Dobbs, Vice Chair Martin Burfoot, Parliamentary Spokesperson Robert Court, Membership Secretary Saskia Tallis, Data Officer Peter Dobbs
Lib Dem MP for Oxford West & Abingdon Layla Moran has highlighted a potential loophole in the government proposals to end conversion therapy.
Speaking to the Oxford Mail, she said: "Teaching people that there's something wrong with them just because of who they love isn't 'therapy'. It's cruel and can be incredibly harmful for the thousands of LGBTQ+ people who have been subjected to it."
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You can buy Draw tickets online at https://libdemdraw.org.uk/derbyshire-dales and when you do, you can be sure Derbyshire Dales Liberal Democrats will also be a winner.
Let's Make Lib Dems BME Friendly - It's Not What We Do, But How We Do It That Counts
Below is an outline of why I am standing for Vice President.
I am an established Race Equality and Diversity campaigner with a Business Management background and an established record of striving for Race Equity across the Party. In the course of my 25 years as Party member I have served on the Federal Policy Committee, International Relations Committee, been Secretary of the PCA, vice chair of EMLD and served as a Regional Diversity Champion. I am also Secretary of Lib Dem Friends of India. It is this personal history that accounts for my reputation as a Community Champion within the Party and my high profile amongst BME communities nationally.
Time and time again, we hear that the reality of what ethnic minorities face in our party and in our politics does not match up to the principles we hold, and, as a party committed to equality, it is vital that we apply our values and make a change. I will provide the positive vision and leadership we need to move forward and make that happen.
