Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole Annette Brooke, led a debate on Wednesday (25th February) in Westminster Hall on the problem of bullying on dedicated school buses. The focus of the debate was to share the results of a survey Annette Brooke carried out last year and to press for more action […]

Labour’s plan to cap maximum tuition fees to £6,000 is deeply regressive. Under their plans only the wealthiest graduates would benefit. Only graduates with a starting salary of at least £35,000 would pay less. A salary only paid for by a handful of big City firms. This compares to an average graduate starting salary of […]

A young cycle mechanic, who has been described by the ATG world-class workshop trainer, Jules Thrasher, as a rare talent, is riding high at the top of his profession. Adam James, who works full-time at the Grimsby Cycle Hub, has achieved Cytech accreditation level 3, the highest qualification in the bike maintenance industry. Janine Walker, […]

The following article was written by Lord William Wallace and published yesterday on the Liberal Democrat Voice Website. I took part in a five-party panel at York University the other weekend, organised by the University’s Politics Society, in front of a packed lecture hall with over 200 students. No other panellist or questioner mentioned the […]

Liberal Democrats plans to extend free childcare will save families thousands of pounds, Liberal Democrats Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said. Liberal Democrats will provide 15 hours of free childcare to all children of working parents aged between 9 months and 2 years old. Under the policy, the average family will save […]

In a speech to the Pre-School Learning Alliance, yesterday the Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg outlined the party’s vision for a world-class early years education system. A transcript of Nick‘s speech is below. Today, I want to talk to you about the Liberal Democrats‘ vision to build a world-class early years education system in Britain. […]

Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will today (Thursday 18 February) set out the Liberal Democrat vision for a world-class early years education system. In a speech to the Pre-School Learning Alliance, Nick will outline Liberal Democrat plans to provide 15 hours a week of free childcare to all children of working […]

Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has praised the work of local authorities across England in helping families access free childcare. Liberal Democrats believe that every child deserves the opportunity to get on in life, which is why we have delivered 15 hours of free childcare for all 3 and 4 year […]

Liberal Democrats are calling for compulsory Personal, Social and Health Education in schools. Under our manifesto plans children in state-funded schools, including free schools and academies will be taught a curriculum for life which includes age appropriate sex and relationship education. Following the publication of a report by the Commons Education Committee which calls for […]

Last week local pupils were given a lesson about the importance of voting and engaging in politics during a visit to Grimsby Town Hall. Steve Beasant said that in 2010, 15 million registered voters failed to vote and there was a danger of the Stay At Home Party becoming the theoretical winners of the 2015 […]