National Liberal Democrat News - East Riding Liberal Democrats

Action on unsecured building site

Following door to door surveys by Jonathan Webber, Councillor Claire Darke and Councillor Robin Lawrence in the Vauxhall area residents have reported their concerns about an unsecured building site behind Lower Vauxhall. Visiting the area Councillor Robin Lawrence also noticed fly-tipped rubbish, broken and collapsed fences.Commenting, Jonathan Webber said "Park Ward Liberal Democrats take problems such as these very seriously and I shall be reporting these issues to Wolverhampton Council's Enforcement Division immediately."

21 Apr 2009

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Cut taxes for Chesterfield residents

Thousands of people in Chesterfield will be taken out of income tax altogether by new tax proposals launched by the Liberal Democrats. And thousands more will see their income tax bill slashed by £700 a year.

21 Apr 2009

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CALL TO END THREAT TO DERBYSHIRE POLICE

Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield and almost every other Derbyshire MP (Labour and Conservative), accompanied Derbyshire Police Authority today to lobby Ministers over the Government threat to 'Cap' the Police Authority.

21 Apr 2009

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MORI shows Lib Dems up 8

Ipsos MORI's monthly political monitor also shows Labour down since "smeargate", but the overwhelming benificaries are the Liberal Democrats. The full topline figures with changes from last month are CON 41%(-1), LAB 28%(-4), LDEM 22%(+8)!

by Anthony Wells

21 Apr 2009

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Nick congratulates Council and campaigners as communal bins plans scrapped

Nick Perry, the Lib Dem parliamentary campaigner for Hastings & Rye, has welcomed the report from Hastings Borough Council on the recent communal bins consultation.

20 Apr 2009

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Let local people decide on housing targets say Lib Dems

Local Liberal Democrat councillor, Simon Hicks has backed calls on Gordon Brown to suspend the Government's unrealistic regional housing targets, and instead to give local councils the power to decide what is best for their own communities. Simon says: "Labour's proposals are based on a 'predict and provide' assessment that bears no relation to current economic circumstances or employment prospects."

20 Apr 2009

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