http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Borders Liberal Democrats en-GB Borders Liberal Democrats http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Borders Liberal Democrats 2010-03-19T11:59+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000674/michael_moores_week_ahead_monday_8__saturday_13_march_2010.html Here are some highlights of what I am doing this week: 2010-03-08T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000676/michael_moore_mp_and_jeremy_purvis_msp_reveal_hotels_in_the_borders_are_being_hit_hard_under_the_snp.html Michael Moore and Jeremy Purvis have raised serious concerns about the effect that new business rates will have on hotels in the Borders when rates rise on April 1. 2010-03-05T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000673/moore_welcome_extension_of_bad_weather_grants_scheme.html Local MP Michael Moore has welcomed the announcement that a £3 million Severe Weather Grant Scheme will be extended to provide support to Borders farmers whose property was damaged during the most recent period of heavy snow. 2010-03-04T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000675/moore_urges_pm_to_support_post_office_network.html Borders postmaster Mervyn Jones joined local MP Michael Moore at 10 Downing Street this afternoon to deliver a petition calling on Ministers to secure the future of the Post Office network. 2010-03-03T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000671/moore_government_must_reward_early_innovators.html Local MP Michael Moore is urging the Government to change its Clean Energy Cash-Back scheme to ensure that early energy innovators in the Borders can benefit from the scheme. 2010-03-02T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000672/local_mp_presses_minister_to_act_on_borders_unemployment.html SECRETARY OF STATE AGREES TO MEET BORDERS DELEGATION 2010-03-02T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000663/michael_moores_week_ahead__monday_1_march_to_friday_5_march_2010.html Here are some highlights of what I am doing this week: 2010-03-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000670/moore_opposes_charity_music_licence_changes.html Borders MP Michael Moore has hit out at Ministers over changes to music copyright licence rules that could cost the UK voluntary sector more than £20 million. 2010-02-25T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000669/moore_backs_calls_for_eid_amnesty.html Borders MP Michael Moore is backing calls from Scottish farmers' groups for a moratorium on penalties for breaches of the EU sheep identification rules that came into force at the start of 2010. 2010-02-24T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000667/moore_presses_minister_on_support_for_borders_manufacturers.html Continued problems in accessing finance on reasonable term and uncertainty over the future of skills training has left the future of the Borders manufacturing sector in doubt, according to local MP Michael Moore. 2010-02-23T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000666/mooreborders_servicemen_set_to_miss_out_on_election.html Changes to voting rules which would help ensure Borders servicemen and women operating abroad have the opportunity to vote in the forthcoming General Election are required urgently, according to local MP Michael Moore. 2010-02-23T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000668/moore_lbg_decision_bad_news_for_borders_charities.html Local MP Michael Moore is warning officials at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) that their decision to sever funding ties with the Lloyds TSB Foundation in Scotland could have severe consequences for the voluntary sector in the Borders. 2010-02-22T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000665/moore_and_purvisrise_in_unemployment_highlights_importance_of_jobs_summit.html Local Parliamentarians Michael Moore MP and Jeremy Purvis MSP have slammed Ministers for their failure to protect jobs in the Borders after statistics revealed that unemployment in the south of Scotland has continued to rise despite the recession having technically come to an end. 2010-02-18T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000662/moore_secures_debate_on_future_of_borders_manufacturing.html Job losses and the need for improved skills training for workers in the south of Scotland will be on the agenda at Westminster next week after local MP Michael Moore was able to secure a Parliamentary debate on the future of manufacturing in the Borders. 2010-02-17T00:00+00:00 http://www.borderslibdems.org.uk/news/000661/sheltered_housing_wardens_decision_under_fire_in_hawick_moore_asks_sbha_to_publish_costings_behind_the_decision.html The decision by Scottish Borders Housing Association to end the warden services in sheltered accommodation at the end of March came under fire again in Hawick on Tuesday. 2010-02-17T00:00+00:00