http://www.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Liberal Democrats en-GB Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Liberal Democrats http://www.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Liberal Democrats 2010-03-10T08:56+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.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.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.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.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.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.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.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.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.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.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.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.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.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.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.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.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.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.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.org.uk/news/002829/police_must_be_able_to_monitor_sex_offenders_on_social_network_sites_says_huhne.html In a letter to the Home Secretary, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Chris Huhne called for both the failures of conventional monitoring and the inadequacy of internet monitoring to be put right. 2010-03-09T16:16+00:00 http://www.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.org.uk/news/002831/police_must_be_able_to_monitor_sex_offenders_on_social_network_sites.html In a letter to the Home Secretary, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Chris Huhne called for both the failures of conventional monitoring and the inadequacy of internet monitoring to be put right. 2010-03-09T16:16+00:00 http://www.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.org.uk/news/002826/mop_cupboards_no_place_to_treat_patients_says_lamb.html Commenting on today’s Nursing Times survey which revealed nurses are being asked to treat patients in mop cupboards, Norman Lamb said: 2010-03-09T05:01+00:00 http://www.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.org.uk/news/002825/vince_cable_delivers_speech_to_reform_scotland.html Extracts from the speech are below: 2010-03-09T00:01+00:00 http://www.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.org.uk/news/002824/miliband_and_brown_trying_to_rewrite_history_says_davey.html Commenting on David Miliband’s appearance before the Chilcot Inquiry, Edward Davey said: 2010-03-08T19:09+00:00 http://www.edinburgheastandmusselburghlibdems.org.uk/news/002823/labour_has_neglected_carers_says_lamb.html Commenting on the report by the Princess Royal Trust for Carers which reveals that only 23% of the money allocated to help carers was used in this way, Norman Lamb said: 2010-03-08T17:36+00:00