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Vince Cable opens by-election campaign HQ in Crewe and Nantwich

Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable officially opened the party's campaign headquarters in Crewe today, with campaigning for the Crewe and Nantwich by-election now fully underway. Dr Cable appeared alongside the Liberal Democrat candidate Elizabeth Shenton for a series of media interviews. Ms Shenton, selected by a ballot of party members in the constituency, has pledged to build on her successful record as a local councillor and work to cut crime, improve schools and protect the environment if elected for Crewe and Nantwich on May 22nd.

6 May 2008
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Spend to Save

At the Council Meeting on 8th April David Chappell called on the Council to set up a small 'ring fenced fund' to promote savings on energy costs that would both save the Council money and reduce our carbon footprint.

6 May 2008
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new footpaths

Cllr Claire Darke welcomes new footpaths

When residents of Crawford Road and Merridale Crescent complained to Cllr Robin Lawrence that the footpaths along their roads were in a poor state he took action to get them included in the footpath repair programme. An edition of Focus was able to report that he had succeeded and work would commence in April. And it did. The entire footpath has been dug up and resurfaced with smooth asphalt.

6 May 2008
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Mike calls for better access to police

Mike wrote on May 5th to the Wilts and Glos Standard "News that people in the north of Wiltshire will again be able to go inside the Malmesbury and Cricklade police stations (Wilts and Glos Standard, 1 May) is very welcome. I congratulate Brian Moore, Wiltshire's New Chief Constable, for reversing the unpopular and counter-productive decision of his predecessor.

6 May 2008
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Mike calls for better access to police

Mike wrote on May 5th to the Wilts and Glos Standard "News that people in the north of Wiltshire will again be able to go inside the Malmesbury and Cricklade police stations (Wilts and Glos Standard, 1 May) is very welcome. I congratulate Brian Moore, Wiltshire's New Chief Constable, for reversing the unpopular and counter-productive decision of his predecessor.

6 May 2008
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Mike writes to the Wilts Gazette about need for public consultation on gypsy sites

Mike wrote on 5th May "The situation surrounding the gypsies living in Minety is clearly a very delicate one. The excellent letter from Paul Venton in last week's Gazette and Herald acknowledged that the gypsies must be involved in finding an alternative site and that Conservative-run North Wiltshire District Council was wrong in the way it sought to rush through a decision. Unfortunately, also in last week's edition was a column from James Gray MP in which he compared gypsies to red-headed Scotsmen and suggested that the planning process should not accommodate their desire to live together as a group. Surely what is needed from the area's MP are considered and thoughtful comments rather than the rash and divisive ones written by Mr Gray.

6 May 2008
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