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Botanic Garden Annual Plant Sale
The Friends of the University of Dundee Botanic Garden Annual Plant Sale in the Garden, in conjunction with Garden Power of Plants day, is on Sunday 21st May.
It will take place from 11am to 2pm – times to be confirmed (check the Friends’ blog here for updates on the timing).
Contributions of plants and offers of help will be very welcome (contact fudbg.committee@gmail.com or telephone 350990).
1,278 officials held accountable in environmental inspections
A total of 1,278 officials have been held accountable for inadequate environmental protection in the latest round of state inspections, according to a statement released Friday by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
In late April, seven teams reviewed local government work in the third round of inspections, which took place in areas including Tianjin Municipality and Shanxi and Liaoning provinces.
The teams have looked into a total of 3,324 cases and imposed fines totalling 90 million yuan (about 13.05 million U.S. dollars) in 1,531 of those cases.
Some 481 officials from Liaoning Province were found to have been at fault, the most of the seven municipalities and provinces investigated.
As of May 9, the teams had received a total of 14,479 public complaints, of which the most came from Hunan Province.
The inspected areas have been told to rectify the irregularities found as soon as possible. Their progress has been reported in local media on a daily basis to give the public a response on reported environmental violations.
The central government is fighting pollution and environmental degradation after decades of growth have left the country saddled with problems such as smog and contaminated soil.
The teams are currently inspecting prefecture-level cities to verify key issues that emerged from provincial level inspections.
Ending an historic injustice in mental health care
Excellent healthcare is at the heart of our vision for Britain. As a leading liberal democracy, our public services should – and can be – the envy of the world. The Lib Dems are committed to making this vision a reality.
Last weekend, Tim Farron and I announced our five point NHS and care recovery plan, which laid out our health strategy for the next parliament – generating an extra £6bn funding boost.
Today, we are proud to announce that £1bn of this money will be ring-fenced and dedicated to 12 key priorities in mental health.
These priorities include improving waiting time standards for mental health care on the NHS, providing support for pregnant women, and trebling the number of people accessing psychological therapies.
You can read the full report here.
Why are we doing this? Because services have been stretched to breaking point under the Conservatives, and promises made under the coalition have been broken. Now people’s lives are at stake.
The Lib Dems believe that every progressive, future-facing country should prioritise the mental health of its people.
If you share this vision, support us today:
Our ambitious new plan for refugees
I passionately believe that the British people are open, tolerant and progressive. That’s what I love about us. But lately I’ve felt the country slide into a Britain I don’t recognise – a Britain that’s closed, insular and suspicious.
The Conservatives are largely to blame.
Their treatment of refugees – especially child refugees – is despicable and shameful. Faced with the biggest global trauma since the Second World War, Theresa May has torn up her promises and turned her back on the most vulnerable people in the world.
How will future Britons judge us?
The Liberal Democrats believe that as an advanced liberal democracy we must have compassion for those in need. The world looks to Britain as a leader in global business and a guardian of progressive values. We are proud of that.
That’s why, while visiting a refugee charity in Cheltenham today, I announced our plan to fly in the face of Theresa May’s callousness: we will take 10,000 refugees from Syria every year in the next parliament, and help find homes for asylum seeking children stranded in Europe.
This will ease some of the suffering caused by Conservative cold-bloodedness – going some way to redress the injustice of Theresa May’s repeated U-turns and broken promises on refugees. It’s the decent thing to do. It’s the right thing to do. And it’s the patriotic thing to do.
We want Britain to be an open-hearted and forward-looking world leader, not a provincial and miserly island on the fringes of Europe.
If you share this vision, support our refugee plan and vote Lib Dem on 8th June.
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