National Liberal Democrat News - East Riding Liberal Democrats

Scale of Toxic Tory Legacy Revealed as Council sets About Keeping Council Tax Down and Protecting Services

The scale of the task faced by the new regime of Mayor Dave Hodgson in delivering a budget which keeps tax down and protects vital services after the Tory County Council left its finances in a perilous state has been revealed. Newly-appointed Finance Portfolio Holder, Liberal Democrat Cllr Michael Headley, has set out Bedford Borough Council's current financial situation and declared that the council must make sure that 'every penny' of its budget delivers for local residents.

31 Oct 2009

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Former Wolverhampton student elected Mayor of Bedford

Former Wolverhampton student Dave Hodgson has won the election to become the Mayor of Bedford.

31 Oct 2009

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Connecting with the citizen

The hastily rearranged Finchley and Golders Green Residents' Forum turned out to be, by all accounts, a rowdy affair. I had another engagement so could not attend. I have seen a number of emails flying back and forth which give the impression that residents were very unhappy with Barnet Council.

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by Cllr Jack Cohen

31 Oct 2009

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Topic 1: Cuts and the Economy - Merlene Emerson

Topic 1: To deal with Britain's increasing deficit, what kind of public spending should be cut? And how these cuts would impact or help, if any, the ordinary local Chinese people?

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by Merlene Emerson, Chair of the Chinese Liberal Democrats and Parliamentary Candidate for Hammersmith

30 Oct 2009

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COPENHAGEN: IT MAY BE MAKE OR BREAK

Chris Bramall, the Liberal Democrats' prospective candidate for Stourbridge says:

30 Oct 2009

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Of course the BBC were right to give the BNP a place on TV.

Of course the BBC were right to give the BNP a place on TV. At this year's European elections 11% of voters in Dudley Borough voted for the BNP. It would be an insult to these voters to say that their votes in some way didn't count. And it was right of the BBC to let members of the audience and the other panellists "have a go" at Nick Griffin for his appalling views. But at the same time it was wrong of the BBC to allow the programme to proceed in front of a studio audience that so clearly failed to represent the balance of opinion on the issues concerned. Democracy means taking people's views seriously even when you fundamentally disagree with them.

30 Oct 2009

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