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.
This week, Liberal Democrat Flooding Minister, Dan Rogerson gave a keynote speech to the East of England LGA.
Liberal Democrat Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb has announced that £1.2m will be invested in projects to support adults with autism.
Liberal Democrats welcome the news that the government is taking forward a National Pollinator Strategy.
