Following the news of Charles Kennedy's resignation as Liberal Democrat UK leader, Dundee Liberal Democrat Council Group Leader, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, paid tribute to Charles for the hard work he had put in as Liberal Democrat Federal Leader and for his achievements during his period as Leader.
Dundee's Liberal Democrat Councillors Helen Dick and Fraser Macpherson have called on Dundonians to make 2006 the City's Environment-Aware Year.
Dundee has two Liberal Democrat Councillors - Fraser Macpherson and Helen Dick. Fraser represents Tay Bridges Ward (City Centre/West End) and Helen Strathmartine Ward (Downfield/Kirkton). Both produce regular FOCUS newsletters to local residents and you can find out the local news by clicking the "FOCUS and Downloads" button to the left.
At this time of year, we need to remember those worse off than ourselves. This Labour government keeps telling us that Britain is getting better; but it's not getting better for everybody. Unfairness divides our society. Inequality is worse than under Margaret Thatcher. We have an unfair tax system which means those on the lowest earnings pay more of their income in tax than the richest. Yet the new economy and the new information society have brought challenges and opportunities which should enable every individual to have the chance to make the best of their lives. These are challenges which I am determined my party will rise to.
Cllr Fraser Macpherson, Liberal Democrat Group Leader on Dundee City Council, has highlighted the unfairness of the Government's plan to switch-over to digital television which will leave thousands of Dundee people who are served by the Tay Bridge Transmitter without access to digital terrestrial television until 2010.
Mobile phone base stations, or phone masts, have been a source of considerable debate, not just in Dundee but across Scotland and the rest of the UK. Concerns over their siting typically centre around health and aesthetic issues, while people's increasing use of mobile phones, and particularly new 3G services, constantly drives the need for new masts.