News that the Labour Government has paid out £2.7bn in fraudulent and incorrect claims to benefit claimants in the last financial year has resulted in Dundee LibDems today (Monday 13th November) calling the Labour Government "a total failure" in tackling benefit fraud.
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Monday 13th November) supported the proposal of LibDem Shadow Scottish Secretary Jo Swinson MP to use next year's 300th anniversary of the Act of Union as an opportunity to take stock of Scotland's place in the UK.
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Sunday 12th November) backed the comments of Sir Menzies Campbell, Liberal Democrat Leader, on the situation in Iraq. Locally, LibDem party secretary Michael Charlton said, "The government's position on the dreadful situation in Iraq is simply unsustainable."
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Sunday 12th November) backed calls by LibDem small business spokesperson Lorely Burt MP for protection for savers following the collapse of Farepak resulting in the loss of £40 million from around 150 000 people saving to buy their Christmas presents.
Dundee East Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesperson Clive Sneddon has today (Saturday 11th November) welcomed the recent Liberal Democrat research which shows that Dundee is doing better than the UK as a whole in keeping down the carbon emissions that feed climate change, but is still emitting more than three times as much carbon dioxide as the global average.
Cllr Fraser Macpherson, Dundee West End Liberal Democrat councillor, has today (Saturday 11th November) launched a second version of his FOCUS newsletter edition 53, covering all other parts of the West End.