A message from Sir Menzies Campbell
Liberal Democrat Leader, Sir Menzies Campbell MP has today written an open letter to supporters, we re-print it below.
18 Aug 2006
News
A-levels are simply too narrow
Almost a quarter of A-level entries were awarded the top grade this year, results published on Thursday show. Pupils and teachers have worked extremely hard for these results and deserve to celebrate. Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary, Sarah Teather MP said "The annual carping of backward-looking commentators who always want to claim standards were better 'back in their day' is unproductive and frankly boring."
17 Aug 2006
Top-up fees send student debt soaring
Students starting university this year will pay record bills for their degrees, figures revealed yesterday. Undergraduates now expect to pay an average of £33,152 to fund a three-year degree course, a 17 per cent increase on last year, according to the latest Nat West Student Money Matters survey. These costs will leave them with average debts of £14,779 by the time they complete their education. Most of the rise is due to the introduction of top-up fees, which allow universities to charge up to £3,000 a year.
15 Aug 2006
Blair's 'Frenzied Law Making' - A new offence for every day spent in office
Tony Blair's government has created more than 3,000 new criminal offences during its nine-year tenure, one for almost every day it has been in power.
14 Aug 2006
Liberal Democrats publish plans for fairer and greener
Today the Liberal Democrat tax commission unveiled its proposals for a fairer, greener and simpler tax system.
11 Aug 2006
A Labour MP resigns from Government over Blair's handling of the Middle East crisis
Jim Sheridan, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, resigned as a parliamentary private secretary to the defence team in protest at the UK Government's policy on the Middle East
10 Aug 2006