http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from St Ives Liberal Democrats en-GB St Ives Liberal Democrats http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 St Ives Liberal Democrats 2010-03-13T07:30+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000990/vince_cable_speech_to_liberal_democrat_spring_conference.html In his speech, Vince Cable will say that the Liberal Democrats are the party of fiscal responsibility and fairer taxes. 2010-03-13T05:01+00:00 http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000989/this_will_be_the_biggest_fight_of_our_political_lives_says_clegg.html Extracts from the speech are below: 2010-03-12T22:40+00:00 http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000988/longest_serving_tory_in_europe_joins_the_liberal_democrats.html Edward McMillan-Scott, the Conservative’s most senior MEP, has joined the Liberal Democrats. 2010-03-12T21:50+00:00 http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000987/liberal_democrats_reveal_election_slogan.html The slogan is being used at the party’s Spring Conference in Birmingham this weekend. 2010-03-12T15:37+00:00 http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000986/ld2010_issue_four_spring_conference_comes_to_birmingham.html Spring Conference 2010: Birmingham 2010-03-12T05:01+00:00 http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000985/we_need_a_public_inquiry_into_new_nuclear_says_hughes.html Commenting, Simon Hughes said: 2010-03-11T17:49+00:00 http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000984/social_care_commitment_needed_from_labour_and_tories_says_lamb.html Commenting following today’s cross party Age UK, at which the health spokespeople of the three main parties met to discuss the reform of social care, Norman Lamb said: 2010-03-11T00:12+00:00 http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000983/we_must_rebalance_our_foreign_policy_that_is_overreliant_on_the_us.html Nick Clegg will say: 2010-03-10T18:27+00:00 http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000982/liberal_democrats_launch_policy_for_young_people.html Launching the paper at The Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey, the policy outlined how the Liberal Democrats will ensure that all young people have better access to after-school facilities, comprehensive support and training for those entering the workplace and legislation in place to stamp out homophobic bullying. 2010-03-10T17:16+00:00 http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000980/brown_is_leading_with_a_weak_hand_says_cable.html Responding to the Prime Minister’s economic speech this morning and the announcement of the Budget date, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said: 2010-03-10T15:52+00:00 http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000981/half_of_schools_not_good_enough_says_laws.html Commenting on today’s Ofsted figures, which show that half the schools they inspected last term were considered to be no better than ‘satisfactory’, David Laws said: 2010-03-10T15:45+00:00 http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000979/welcome_cut_to_red_tape_for_britains_small_businesses.html Graham Watson Liberal Democrat MEP, has welcomed today's European Parliament vote in favour of exempting struggling small businesses from producing onerous annual accounts. 2010-03-10T15:00+00:00 http://www.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000976/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.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000977/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.stiveslibdems.org.uk/news/000975/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