Local bus users are up in arms over rules introduced by Stagecoach which see pensioners looking after young children charged for toddlers' journeys, while under-fives accompanied by other bus users travel free.
Henry Vann, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Campaigner for Bedford and Kempston, has called on the government to scrap its ID Card scheme following a Home Office survey showing support for the scheme drifting away.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have issued a challenge to the Mayor and his Cabinet to show support for local post offices and hard-pressed local residents by bringing an end to the unfair charge on the payment of council tax bills at the Post Office. The charge was introduced in April 2006 in the face of fierce opposition from the Liberal Democrat Group, while each of the other political groups supported its introduction.
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg declared that Britain has lost its moral authority on human rights issues in a hard-hitting attack on the Government's stance on immigration.
The Liberal Democrats have unveiled plans for free childcare for every family.
Liberal Democrats have described the Government Housing Minister's view that local residents were given sufficient notice of recent eco-town consultation events as 'astonishing.'
