http://www.robertbrown.org.uk News and updated information on local and Liberal Demorat campaigns. en-uk Copyright (c)2012 http://www.robertbrown.org.uk/senior_liberal_democrat_msp_on_campaign_trail_in_cambuslang.html The Liberal Democrat local election campaign received a boost last week with a campaign visit by Liam McArthur MSP, the Scottish Liberal Democrat spokesman on energy and education. 2012-04-27 http://www.robertbrown.org.uk/people_in_lanarkshire_will_benefit_from_liberal_democrat_tax_cut.html 132,800 residents in South Lanarkshire will receive a tax cut, many on lower incomes, thanks to Liberal Democrat successes in the Chancellor’s recent budget. 2012-03-27 http://www.robertbrown.org.uk/robert_brown_demand_to_boundary_commission_on_rutherglen_seat.html The time for further representations to the Scottish Boundary Commission on their draft proposals for Scottish Westminster constituencies closes this Wednesday (28th March). 2012-03-27 http://www.robertbrown.org.uk/robert_brown_launches_bus_campaign.html A campaign has been launched by local Liberal Democrats to save the Spittal bus service being axed by First Bus. Robert Brown, Liberal Democrat Council candidate for the area has slammed the decision to axe the number 2 bus route from April 29th this year as "appalling" and called on First Bus to think again.. 2012-03-05 http://www.robertbrown.org.uk/decision_on_scottish_referendum.html “Scotland needs a clear and early decision on our constitutional future”. This was the message from the Scottish Liberal Democrat Conference in Inverness last weekend. 2012-03-05 http://www.robertbrown.org.uk/reversal_of_college_funding_cuts.html The decision by the Scottish Parliament to increase the funding available to local Colleges in the Scottish Government’s budget has been welcomed by local Liberal Democrats. 2012-02-12 http://www.robertbrown.org.uk/rutherglen_train_overcrowding.html A call for action on train overcrowding in rush hour trains at Rutherglen station has come from local Liberal Democrats. The call follows a new report from Transport Scotland, the Scottish Government agency, that overcrowding on the Scotrail network had quadrupled over the past 5 years 2012-01-11 http://www.robertbrown.org.uk/local_Liberal_democrats_in_plea_to_retain_rutherglen_seat.html The ancient communities of Cambuslang and Rutherglen should be retained intact in the same Parliamentary seat. This is the strong plea made by Rutherglen Constituency Liberal Democrats in written representations to the Boundary Commission for Scotland 2012-01-04