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Nick Clegg delivers speech on social mobility and building a fairer society in Britain

Speech by Nick Clegg MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Wed 18th Aug 2010

Nick Clegg this morning delivered a speech on social mobility in which he outlined the Coalition Government's commitment to making decisions today that will promote a better future: a more prosperous economy, and a fairer society.

Nick Clegg (Photo: Alex Folkes/Fishnik Photography)

Newtown Baths reopens this month

Wed 4th Aug 2010

Newtown Baths will re-open to the public this month following vital repairs totalling £170,000 to safely remove the asbestos and provide new structural supports.

cartoon of someone swimming

Teather: Pupil Premium is a real Liberal Democrat achievement

Written by Sarah Teather on Tue 27th Jul 2010

I came into politics to make a difference for the most disadvantaged in our society. It is over three years since I, as Liberal Democrat education spokesperson, championed the Pupil Premium as our flagship education policy and debated it at Conference. I never dared imagine a time when I would be unveiling it as Government policy and then actually implementing it. But this week, the Coalition Government announced that a Pupil Premium, funded from outside the schools budget, will be introduced next September. It will mean that from next year, schools taking disadvantaged children will get the additional money they need to provide them with the extra support they deserve, no matter where they are in the country. This could mean more individual tuition or catch-up classes, but it will be for the school to decide, we won't be telling headteachers how to spend the money.

Sarah Teather (photography: Sarah Teather)

Birmingham charges ahead with electric vehicle network

Tue 27th Jul 2010

Electric car drivers in Birmingham and Coventry can now use a new network of easy-access charge points in the latest stage of the UK's largest ultra low carbon vehicles trial. The network of charging points has been installed by E.ON on behalf of the CABLED project, a trial of 110 vehicles being tested by 'real world' users over the next 12 months.

Cllr Paul Tilsley, Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council, behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi i-Miev

Coalition has done more for Equitable Life victims in 10 weeks than Labour did in 10 years - Williams

Fri 23rd Jul 2010

Commenting on the Coalition Government's announcement that it has introduced a Bill to compensate Equitable Life policyholders, Stephen Williams MP, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Treasury Policy Committee, said:

Stephen Williams (photography: Tim Pollard)

Birmingham's Shahjalal Housing Co-op is 'a model for community inclusion' - MEP

Thu 22nd Jul 2010

Lib Dem Euro MP Liz Lynne has praised the Birmingham-based Shahjalal Housing Co-operative as a model example of a community initiative for affordable housing.

Liz Lynne MEP and Cllrs Tariq Khan and Ayoub Khan at the Shahjalal Housing Co-operative celebration (photography: Press Officer)

Your Freedom: Liberal Democrats Leading Open Government

Written by Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister on Tue 6th Jul 2010

We've already scrapped ID cards. Now I'd like to ask you - which other laws do you want to scrap?

Nick Clegg (Photo: Alex Folkes/Fishnik Photography)

Liz Lynne welcomes tougher EU cap on mobile roaming fees

Sat 3rd Jul 2010

Lib Dem Euro MP Liz Lynne has welcomed even tougher rules to limit charges for using a mobile phone in another EU country, which came into force on 1st July.

Mobile Phone

Free swimming continues in Birmingham

Wed 30th Jun 2010

The national free swimming initiative for under-16s and over-60s may have been scrapped but Birmingham residents of all ages can still continue to swim for free. The Be Active scheme, a partnership between Birmingham City Council and the NHS, offers all Birmingham residents free swimming, group exercise classes and gym sessions until 31 March 2011.

Martin Mullaney training in gym.

Liz Lynne hails victory in campaign to scrap compulsory retirement age

Thu 24th Jun 2010

Treasury documents released with the Budget confirm that the Coalition Government is to scrap the compulsory retirement age, a change long championed by MEP Liz Lynne and Age UK charity campaigners.

Liz Lynne, host of the annual progress review with (left) Alvaro Oliveira, Legal and policy officer for the antidiscrimination unit of the European Commission and (right) Richard Baker, Chair of the AGE antidiscrimination group (photography: Press Officer)

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