Parents will have greater flexibility in how they share the care of their child in the first year after birth thanks to changes delivered by Liberal Democrats in government.
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Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has today unveiled the biggest single investment in cycling.
Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg announced that he will be establishing and chairing a new Mental Health Taskforce, which will include Cabinet Ministers from across the coalition.The Liberal Democrats have been campaigning on mental health issues for many years, with a focus on bringing treatment for mental health problems in line with physical health and ending years of discrimination.
Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland MP, is the Chair of the Parliamentary Save the Pub Group. He is also the Coordinator of the Fair Deal for Your Local Campaign. Here is a shortened version of what he wrote in The Parliament Magazine about the recent victory on Clause 42 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill.
In April, the difference in pay between men and women stood at 9.4 per cent, compared with 10 per cent the previous year.
Conservative-controlled Dacorum Borough Council is giving planning permission to retailer after retailer in Berkhamsted - without any significant extra parking being required or provided. The Conservatives keep talking about their plans to put an extra deck over an existing car park in Berkhamsted - at huge expense. But at last night's council meeting, when Cllr Rosemarie Hollinghurst asked when this would happen - they couldn't exactly say, just vaguely mumbling that they were "expecting a planning application 'in the new year'".
The Hertfordshire County Council Bus Cuts went out to consultation. Some of the most serious criticisms came from rail commuters, e.g. at Tring, and from the NHS and health service unions.
The result in yesterday's by-election in Queen Edith's (Cambridge) was:
Conservative opposition to onshore wind farms risks undermining the creation of British jobs, Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey has warned.
Primary schools in England are to be handed an extra £22.5 million next year to help close the gap between the poorest pupils and their richer classmates, thanks to the Liberal Democrats.
Liberal Democrat Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb has written about the work he is doing in government to reform mental health care services for children and young people.
‘Buy Hertfordshire, Back Britain’ - that’s the rallying cry from local Lib Dem MPs, Daisy Cooper, MP for St Albans, and Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, as they launch a campaign to support local businesses.
Victoria Collins MP, has voted for a Liberal Democrat proposal to create a Blue Flag Status to protect chalk streams and other rivers from filthy sewage dumping.
Victoria Collins, joined local residents, veterans and their families, representatives from Berkhamsted Town Council and Royal British Legion (RBL) members, to light a beacon marking the 80th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day.
This garden is a much loved space amongst the Berkhamsted community, and a product of the hard work of Open Door’s volunteer gardening team.
Lib Dem MP Victoria Collins and other Liberal Democrat frontbenchers met a cross-party delegation of US Congressmembers to discuss strategic and economic issues impacting the future of transatlantic cooperation, peace and security.
Victoria Collins MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, has written to the government urging them to resolve a delay in provision of funding to vital centres like this one.
