http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Shetland Liberal Democrats en-GB Shetland Liberal Democrats http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Shetland Liberal Democrats 2010-03-10T21:54+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002845/we_must_rebalance_our_foreign_policy_that_is_overreliant_on_the_us.html Nick Clegg will say: 2010-03-10T18:27+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002844/liberal_democrats_launch_policy_for_young_people.html Launching the paper at The Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey, the policy outlined how the Liberal Democrats will ensure that all young people have better access to after-school facilities, comprehensive support and training for those entering the workplace and legislation in place to stamp out homophobic bullying. 2010-03-10T17:16+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002842/brown_is_leading_with_a_weak_hand_says_cable.html Responding to the Prime Minister’s economic speech this morning and the announcement of the Budget date, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said: 2010-03-10T15:52+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002843/half_of_schools_not_good_enough_says_laws.html Commenting on today’s Ofsted figures, which show that half the schools they inspected last term were considered to be no better than ‘satisfactory’, David Laws said: 2010-03-10T15:45+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002840/lyon_welcomes_uk_government_calls_for_new_lfa_criteria.html George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has welcomed a report published by the UK Government on future support for Less Favoured Areas (LFA) that calls for field capacity criteria to be included in the new scheme . 2010-03-10T12:29+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002836/smith_raising_attainment_must_be_motivation_for_change.html Commenting on Conservative calls for 'radical change' in Scotland's education system, Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson Margaret Smith said: 2010-03-10T00:01+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002837/snp_must_respond_to_depressing_teeth_figures__finnie.html Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Ross Finnie MSP has revealed that almost a quarter of men and over a third of women over 55 are estimated to have no natural teeth. 2010-03-10T00:01+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002839/brown_reoffending_figures_appallingly_high.html Scottish Government statistics released today show that the numbers of convicted criminals that go on to re-offend are shockingly high. 36% of individuals sentenced to custody (for their most recent conviction) in 2008-09, for a crime or relevant offence, had more than 10 previous convictions between 1999-00 and 2008-09. 2010-03-10T00:01+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002838/purvis_veterans_must_be_given_same_care_as_in_england.html The Scottish government has announced that it will give £80,000 to fund veteran’s projects, including supported accommodation and outdoor pursuits to help veterans regain physical and mental strength. Commenting Convenor of the Cross-Party Group on Supporting Veterans in Scotland, Liberal Democrat Jeremy Purvis MSP said: 2010-03-10T00:01+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002835/brown_never_any_justification_for_domestic_abuse.html More than 2,000 people were arrested during a two-month crackdown on domestic violence, Scotland's biggest police force said today. During an eight-week campaign, Strathclyde Police officers attended 3,961 incidents of domestic abuse, though that was a 24% drop in the number of such incidents reported to police in the same two-month period a year ago. Commenting, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesman Robert Brown said: 2010-03-10T00:01+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002833/cameron_in_complete_disarray_over_ni_deal_says_carmichael.html Commenting after a vote at the Northern Ireland Assembly, Alistair Carmichael said: 2010-03-09T23:24+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002834/lord_taverne_requests_house_of_lords_investigate_ashcroft.html The Honours Scrutiny Committee withdrew its objections to Lord Ashcroft becoming a peer on the basis of his clear undertaking that he would “take up permanent residence in the United Kingdom again before the end of the calendar year”. 2010-03-09T23:15+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002832/export_figures_are_deeply_alarming_says_cable.html Commenting on the news that UK exports took their biggest plunge in more than three years during January, Vince Cable said: 2010-03-09T20:24+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002830/tory_social_care_poll_tax_will_only_help_the_wealthy_says_lamb.html 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. 2010-03-09T17:58+00:00 http://www.shetlandlibdems.org.uk/news/002841/support_crossing_plans__bruce.html Gordon Lib Dem MP Malcolm Bruce has urged support for Aberdeen City Council’s plans for a third road crossing of the River Don. 2010-03-09T16:17+00:00