Daily Archives: 02/10/2011

Liberal Democrat conference: Quiet threat of electric vehicles ‘will be addressed’

02/10/2011 – 9:00 am

The government is seeking international agreement on rules that would force car manufacturers to reduce the threat of their near-silent electric vehicles to the safety of blind pedestrians, a Liberal Democrat minister has announced.
Two months ago, a report for the government by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) downplayed the risk caused by quiet electric and [...]

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Liberal Democrat conference: Minister holds out hope over welfare reform bill

02/10/2011 – 9:00 am

A government minister has held out hope that some of the most unpopular measures in the welfare reform bill could be removed or eased during its progress through the House of Lords.
The Liberal Democrat pensions minister Steve Webb was speaking to Disability News Service (DNS) after his own party members voted for major changes to [...]

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