Today (Monday 5th June) is the United Nations' World Environment Day. To coincide, Dundee Liberal Democrats are joining the call for people to promise to do their bit and join the Liberal Democrat 'pledge pyramid', whereby everyone signs up to one of the Environment Agency's pledges, and then encourages all their friends and colleagues to do the same.
Dundee City Council's Liberal Democrat Finance Convener, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, has today (Sunday 4th June) called for a total overhaul of the way tax credits are awarded, after new figures revealed that 6200 families in Dundee are still being forced to pay back over £4.8 million worth of tax credits, due to overpayments made by HM Revenue and Customs.
Having reached edition 51 and over 300 000 newsletters, Fraser's ward FOCUS newsletter has today (Sunday 4th June) been expanded to cover the new West End Ward and therefore is delivered henceforth to all West End residents.
Dundee LibDems have today (Saturday 3rd June) lent their support to a national LibDem online petition as part of the party's campaign to tackle homophobic bullying.
The recent speech by Sir Menzies Campbell making the fight against crime a priority for his leadership of the Liberal Democrats has been today (Wednesday 31st May) praised by LibDem Strathmartine Ward Councillor Helen Dick.
Dundee Liberal Democrat Councillor Helen Dick today (Tuesday 30th May) gave her support to Green Week 2006.
