﻿<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<rss version='2.0' xmlns:ssr='http://purl.org/stuff/ssr' xmlns:creativeCommons='http://backend.userland.com/creativeCommonsRssModule'>
<ssr:rdf transform='http://w3future.com/weblog/gems/rss2rdf.xsl' />
<!-- Use of this newsfeed is governed by the terms at www.creative.org.uk/newsfeeds/terms -->
<channel>
<title>Liberal Democrats Federal News</title>
<link>http://www.creative.org.uk/newsfeeds/</link>
<description>Federal news from the Liberal Democrats around the UK</description>
<language>en-gb</language>
<copyright>(C) Copyright  The Creative Organisation for the Liberal Democrats</copyright>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
<generator>CreativeOrgRSS 2.0</generator>
<managingEditor>rss.editor@creative.org.uk</managingEditor>
<webMaster>rss.webmaster@creative.org.uk</webMaster>
<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
<ttl>240</ttl>
<image>
<title>libdems</title>
<url>http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/ld/libdems.gif</url>
<width>110</width>
<height>40</height>
<link>http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml</link>
</image>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:33:20 GMT</pubDate>
<lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate>
<item><title><![CDATA[Olympic Quango Wasting £600,000 - Foster]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14813</link>
<description><![CDATA[A quango set up to give National Lottery money to the Olympics has spent almost &pound;600,000 on salaries despite having only six members of staff, according to figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats. ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:00:42 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14813</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Land Girls Announcement Long Overdue - Lamb]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14812</link>
<description><![CDATA[Liberal Democrat MP, Norman Lamb today welcomed the news that tens of thousands of women from the Women's Land Army and the Women's Timber Corps during World War II are to be formally recognised. ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:00:50 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14812</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Doctor Assessments Must Not be Bureaucratic - Lamb]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14811</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doctor assessments must not be bureaucratic - Lamb<br /><br />Commenting on Government plans to introduce a system of five-yearly assessments for all UK doctors, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb said:<br /><br />"Plans to ensure that patients receive a ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:00:48 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14811</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Knife Sellers Allowed to Ply Deadly Trade - Huhne]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14810</link>
<description><![CDATA[Knife sellers allowed to ply deadly trade - Huhne<br /><br />None of the people caught selling knives to young people in the last five years were sent to prison and only one was given a community sentence, according ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14810</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[DWP Must Learn From Mistakes - Willott]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14809</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on today's National Audit Office report on complaints-handling in the Department for Work and Pensions, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Jenny Willott said:<br /><br />"The department will keep making the same mistakes at huge cost ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:00:35 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14809</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Legal Advice Must Sound Death Knell for Eco - Towns - Goldsworthy]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14808</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on today's publication of advice from leading lawyers, which claims that local authorities will be able to challenge the Government over its approach to eco-towns, Liberal Democrat Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary, Julia Goldsworthy ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:00:34 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14808</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Chequers Being Used to Entertain the Rich - Lamb]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14807</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on the Chequers visitors list published today, Liberal Democrat MP, Norman Lamb said:<br /><br />"This list is in marked contrast to what we were told about Gordon Brown being a more frugal premier, with the use of ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14807</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Brown Increasing Bloated No 10 Machine - Baker]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14806</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on the news that Gordon Brown has increased the number of No 10 advisers from 18 to 24, Liberal Democrat MP, Norman Baker said:<br /><br />"Gordon Brown is further increasing the already bloated No 10 machine. ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14806</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[£6m Ministerial Car Bill is Shameful - Baker]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14805</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on figures showing that ministerial cars have cost the taxpayer more than &pound;6m in the last year, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker said:<br /><br />"It is shameful that ministers are now spending more than &pound;6m of taxpayers' ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:52 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14805</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Government Has Abandoned Common Sense Over Nuclear Power Plans - Webb]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14804</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on today's publication of the Government's siting assessment for new nuclear power stations, which says that they could be built in areas at risk from flooding, tsunami and erosion, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Steve ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:50 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14804</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Criminal Record Checks Are Hole in Airport Security - Huhne]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14803</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on the Government-commissioned report on airport security, which calls for compulsory criminal record checks for all airport workers to combat the 'terrorist insider threat', Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said:<br /><br />"It is a crazy ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:48 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14803</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Brown's Refusal to Rule Out Backing for Israeli Iran Strike Deeply Alarming - Clegg]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14802</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown today again refused to rule out the prospect of UK support for unilateral Israeli action against Iran, in response to questioning from Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg. ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14802</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Drop in Police Numbers Deeply Disappointing - Huhne]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14801</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on the drop in the number of police officers, revealed by the Home Office today, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said:<br /><br />"High visibility policing is already hampered by red tape and ridiculous central targets, ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:45 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14801</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Women's Sport Finally Being Paid the Attention It Deserves - Foster]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14800</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting ahead of the launch of the Commission on the Future of Women's Sport, Liberal Democrat Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, Don Foster said:<br /><br />"Women's sport has been consistently overlooked. ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:44 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14800</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Government Failing to Tackle Problem Drinking - Foster]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14799</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on the publication of the Government's alcohol consultation and three independent reviews which showed that drinking related health problems now cost the NHS &pound;2. ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:38 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14799</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Prison Overcrowding Leading to Gross Deterioration of Conditions - Howarth]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14798</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on a report into Doncaster prison, which found that inmates had been forced to sleep in toilets to deal with overcrowding, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson, David Howarth said:<br /><br />"As the Liberal Democrats have said for many ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:37 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14798</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Brown's Support for Electric Cars Yet More Greenwash - Baker]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14797</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on Gordon Brown's support for electric-powered cars, which he announced today at the British International Motor Show, Liberal Democrat Shadow Transport Secretary, Norman Baker said:<br /><br />"This is yet more greenwash from Gordon Brown. ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:34 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14797</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Key Stage Test Marking Remains A Shambles - Laws]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14796</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on today's Parliamentary statement by Ed Balls, revealing that nearly a quarter of Key Stage 3 English papers have still not been marked, Liberal Democrat Shadow Children, Schools and Families Secretary, David Laws said:<br /><br />"This latest ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:33 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14796</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Prime Minister Breaks His Own Ministerial Code by Burying Bad News - Baker]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14795</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Gordon Brown has today broken his own ministerial code by publishing 10 written statements on the last day of business before Parliament breaks for the summer recess. ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14795</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Serbia Chooses European Future with Karadzic Arrest - Davey]]></title>
<link>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14794</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commenting on the news that war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has been arrested in Serbia, Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary, Edward Davey said:<br /><br />"Serbia's new Government must be congratulated on this decisive move. ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:29 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/story.html?id=14794</guid>
<author>rss@creative.org.uk</author>
<source url='http://www.creative.org.uk/rss/libdems.xml'>libdems</source>
<creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
