Liberal Democrats have paid tribute to MP David Howarth's work during his 22 year political career after his announcement today that he is to stand down.

Liberal Democrat MP David Howarth today announced that he would be standing down from Parliament at the next election to concentrate on his career as an academic.

Cambridge MP David Howarth has secured a £1.3 million handout for the city to pay for concessionary bus fares.

Cambridge residents, led by their MP David Howarth, will join a giant protest in London calling on world leaders to take urgent action against climate change.

Nova Scotian's personal health information would be better managed under proposed legislation introduced today, Nov. 4.

Nova Scotians will benefit from improved regulation of the private security industry in new legislation introduced today, Nov. 2, by Justice Minister Ross Landry.

A specialized mental health court, the first of its kind in Nova Scotia, opened today, Nov. 2, at the Dartmouth Provincial Court, 277 Pleasant St., Dartmouth.

The province has named Paul Taylor as Nova Scotia's alternate member of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board.

The province wants to make it easier for renewable electricity projects to get built in Nova Scotia.

HIDDEN FEAR OF 'THE AVATAR'Sathya Sai Baba's refusal to explain anything other than what pleases himself makes it difficult to have confidence in many of the statements he makes on whatever subject, quite apart from what concerns the 'unseen' world

Post Office Limited has launched a consultation into plans to move the Bruntsfield Post Office 195 yards to the former Edinburgh Cameras shop at 136 Bruntsfield Place. Members of the public have until 9 December 2009 to have their say.

Writing in the latest edition of the Council's Face Newsletter for Families and Children in Edinburgh (http://www.face-edinburgh.org.uk/?nID=16) Liberal Democrat Convenor of Children and Families has warned of real challenges as the council sets its budget for the next year.

Mike Pringle MSP has questioned Cabinet Secretary for finance and sustainable growth John Swinnie on the future of the Lloyds TSB Foundation and how the Scottish Government plans to respond to their decision to suspend all grantmaking activities.

Commenting on the Education Secretary's U-turn on student funding Mike Pringle said: "This is a welcome U-turn from the Education Secretary. It has taken hard work by the opposition parties and NUS Scotland to drag the SNP kicking and screaming

The bill, which also extends unemployment benefits and expands a tax break for money-losing businesses, now goes to President Barack Obama, who plans to sign it Friday

She is the star of the Obama Cabinet and an international celebrity -- and after nine months of staying out of the limelight, Hillary Clinton has arrived on the global stage. An intimate portrait of the diplomat and her world

The second-ranking House Democrat predicted that historic health care legislation will be passed Saturday as the AARP signed on to the bill

Conservatives get the most attention as the GOP revives. But moderates in the Republican Party are rising too

The GOP gubernatorial victories in New Jersey and Virginia may not have been a referendum on Obama, but they did show that the President's popularity cannot so easily be transferred

Maine's vote against gay marriage, much like all of the states before it, including California's Prop 8 a year ago, will do little to slow the fight over it