Banbury Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrats have announced plans to tackle industrial fly tipping and protect the environment for future generations.

As part of our plans to introduce Five Green Laws in the next Parliament, Liberal Democrats have unveiled proposals for a Zero Waste Bill.

The Bill is intended to boost the number of organisations prosecuted for illegal dumping while also introducing a higher, more consistent level of fines for fly-tippers who damage Britain's environment.

Liberal Democrats have set out 17 policies designed to tackle inequalities faced by Britain's ethnic minorities.

The proposals formed under five key themes covering social and economic issues are collectively called the Liberal Democrat Race Equality Plan. They are designed to sit alongside the party's existing policies to tackle race inequalities.

Liberal Democrats have announced plans to introduce a new Green Homes Bill which would insulate up to 10 million homes by 2025.

Under the plans set out for the next Parliament, homeowners would also be offered a Council Tax discount of at least £100 a year for ten years for making their homes greener.

John Howson Lib Dem candidate for Banbury said about Labour's plans for tuition fees. Labour introduced tuition fees in the first place in 1997. Their new plan won't reduce repayments for graduates earning less than £35,000. It will just reduce the write-off by cutting the time trainees take to repay their student loans.

My friend Helen Flynn who is the Lib Dem candidate in Harrogate & Knaresborough at the general election wrote the blog post below in January. I agree with her analysis. When I stood in Reading in the 2005 general election I made extensive use of the internet and created possibly the first real app in UK politics for a mobile phone - you can read the Guardian Review on the Iraq War calculator at http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2005/apr/08/libdemstarget such is the wonders of technology.

Dear Sir,

The news that the landslip north of Banbury should be cleared by Easter will be a welcome announcement for rail passengers. However, I would urge the rail companies to restore a full service during the rush hour as soon as possible, at least between Banbury and Reading. The reduction in the service by Cross Country trains has imposed considerable strain on regular commuters.They were already facing a shortage of seats on key trains and this incident has just made matters worse.

Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced £115m in funding for cycling projects across the UK.

The money will be split between eight major cities, with each using the money to improve the safety and accessibility of their cycle routes.

This covers:

• £22m for Birmingham, with plans to build the infrastructure needed to double the number of cycling journeys made there by 2023.
• £19m for Bristol, with a proposal to improve the city's cycling network and routes across urban areas and Bath.
• £6m for Cambridge, with plans for new bridge over the River Cam, segregated cycling routes in the city and more links in South Cambridgeshire.
• £22m for Leeds, with plans to expand its current cycle superhighway and improve links to Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield and York.
• £22m for Manchester, with plans to develop more than 45km of new or improved cycle routes as phase two of its Cycle City plan.
• £10.6m for Newcastle, intended to make it easier for cyclists to get to work from in and around the city.
• £8.4m for Norwich, with plans to redesign 31km of key cycle routes.
• £3.m for Oxford, intended to provide better links between the city centre and south east of the city.

Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will host a special radio show tonight (Monday 2 March) on LBC, discussing mental health care in the UK.

Nick will be on air from 7pm for the one-off show called State of Mind.

He will interview people with mental health conditions, clinicians, business leaders and a chief constable. He will also be taking comments and questions from callers.

Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced details of a plan to raise an extra £1bn from a supplementary corporation tax charge applied to banks to help finish the job of eliminating the deficit.

The supplementary charge will be in addition to the existing Bank Levy.

Liberal Democrats have set out plans to double the UK's production of renewable electricity by the end of the next parliament and make Britain zero carbon by 2050.

This would end the UK's adverse impact on climate change for good.

In government the Liberal Democrats have already more than doubled the amount of electricity from renewables.