Rotherham and Barnsley Liberal Democrats News Stories http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Rotherham and Barnsley Liberal Democrats en-GB Rotherham and Barnsley Liberal Democrats http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Rotherham and Barnsley Liberal Democrats 2010-03-13T23:17+00:00 United Kingdom Liberal Democrats back fairer taxes http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000993/liberal_democrats_back_fairer_taxes.html These plans would see the average person’s income tax bill cut by £700. Pensioners would be £100 better off and 3.6m people would no longer have to pay any income tax at all. 2010-03-13T21:34+00:00 Sarah Teather speech to Liberal Democrat Spring Conference http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000994/sarah_teather_speech_to_liberal_democrat_spring_conference.html The full text of the speech is below: 2010-03-13T21:25+00:00 Nick Clegg's Conference Leader's Q & A http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000992/nick_cleggs_conference_leaders_q__a.html   2010-03-13T20:25+00:00 We need a new UN body to break the climate deadlock says Hughes http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000991/we_need_a_new_un_body_to_break_the_climate_deadlock_says_hughes.html The authority would sit in permanent session and bring coherence to efforts to reach a binding and enforceable agreement on emissions cuts. 2010-03-13T17:38+00:00 Vince Cable speech to Liberal Democrat Spring Conference http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000990/vince_cable_speech_to_liberal_democrat_spring_conference.html In his speech, Vince Cable said that the Liberal Democrats are the party of fiscal responsibility and fairer taxes. 2010-03-13T17:20+00:00 Liberal Democrats call for fair start for children http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000987/liberal_democrats_call_for_fair_start_for_children.html The proposals include: An extra £2.5bn investment in schools to reduce class sizes, improve discipline and provide more one-to-one tuition to help struggling pupils, paid as a pupil premium to schools for each of the poorest 1m children they teach 2010-03-13T15:56+00:00 Liberal Democrats call for end to child detention http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000988/liberal_democrats_call_for_end_to_child_detention.html Commenting, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2010-03-13T15:32+00:00 Danny Alexander gives speech to Spring Conference http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000989/danny_alexander_gives_speech_to_spring_conference.html The full text of the speech is below: 2010-03-13T15:06+00:00 Diana welcomes fellow Yorkshire Euro MP to the Liberal Democrats http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000986/diana_welcomes_fellow_yorkshire_euro_mp_to_the_liberal_democrats.html Diana Wallis, the Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber since 1999, has welcomed the news that her parliamentary colleague and ex-Tory MEP, Edward McMillan-Scott, has joined the Liberal Democrats. 2010-03-13T13:32+00:00 Vince Cable speech to Liberal Democrat Spring Conference http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000985/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 This will be the biggest fight of our political lives says Clegg http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000984/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 Longest serving Tory in Europe joins the Liberal Democrats http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000983/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 Liberal Democrats reveal election slogan http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000982/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 EU and the Arctic debate http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000981/eu_and_the_arctic_debate.html Speaking in the plenary debate on EU policy in the Arctic in the European Parliament on Wednesday Diana Wallis, the Vice President responsible for Arctic matters, said that 'an inner core of states in the Arctic could seriously undermine a very precious cooperation in the region'. She also stated the importance of the Northern Dimension as a basis for multilateral cooperation in the Arctic. 2010-03-12T10:14+00:00 LD2010 Issue Four: Spring Conference comes to Birmingham http://www.rotherhamandbarnsleylibdems.org.uk/news/000980/ld2010_issue_four_spring_conference_comes_to_birmingham.html Spring Conference 2010: Birmingham 2010-03-12T05:01+00:00