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20 Most Recent News Stories
Tory social care ‘poll tax’ will only help the wealthy says Lamb
Tue 9th Mar 2010
The figures, released ahead of tomorrow’s cross-party social care conference, undermine Conservative claims that their plans would enable older people to pass their homes on to their children as two thirds of pensioner households would have to sell or release equity from their homes to pay for the private insurance scheme.
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Lib Dems Targetting Success
Mon 8th Mar 2010
Returning from this weekend’s Scottish Liberal Democrat conference local Lib Dem PPC Jean Davis was upbeat about likely Party success at the upcoming election.
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Launch of the Campaign for Body Confidence
Mon 8th Mar 2010
A panel of experts including fashion writer and broadcaster Caryn Franklin and author of Fat is a Feminist Issue, Susie Orbach, will debate measures to tackle the harm caused by pressure to conform to unrealistic and unhealthy body image ideals. Other attendees include Girlguides, Linda Papadopoulous and the world’s leading body image experts.
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Liberal Democrats celebrate International Women's Day
Mon 8th Mar 2010
"I am pleased to add my support to International Women's Day. It is crucial that people are able to come together to celebrate the achievements of women around the world. However this is not a time to just be reflective but also a time to look forwards and work together to stamp out all signs of inequality that threatens to undermine our society."
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Schools expected to raise their game in exchange for funding and freedom
Sat 6th Mar 2010
Nick Clegg will argue that in return for the investment of an additional £2.5bn in schools, teachers will be put under pressure to ‘raise their game’ to reinvent the curriculum, increase the number of children achieving good results and close the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their wealthier classmates.
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A fairer society for all
Fri 5th Mar 2010
Scottish Liberal Democrats called for greater emphasis on a fairer society for all, at the party conference on Saturday.
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Lib Dems launch green energy commission report
Fri 5th Mar 2010
Liberal Democrats have called for greater emphasis to be placed on energy generation being localised as they debated their blueprint for Scotland’s energy future at the party conference in Perth today.
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O'Donnell welcomes investment in Big Lottery Fund
Fri 5th Mar 2010
The Big Lottery Fund has announced a new £50 million investment in Scotland aimed at transforming the life chances of young people leaving care and fundamentally improving the lives of older people with dementia and their carers.
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