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Malmesbury / Trowbridge SENs Saved

Residents in Malmesbury are celebrating following news that the Special Educational Needs provision in the town, which the Conservative-run Wiltshire Council had proposed closing, has been saved following a campaign spearheaded by local councillor Simon Killane.

16 Jul 2010
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Money Reform Motion rejected

The motion which ALTER had supported (although it was not our idea) on radical reform of the way that money is created "from thin air" by banks has not been accepted by the Party's Federal Conference Committee (FCC).

16 Jul 2010
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Cllr Jack Cohen has reported Barnet's Tory Council's widely condemned decision to increase Councillors' allowances to the standards board

Tory Council condemned for extravagant allowances increases

Cllr Jack Cohen, Leader of Barnet Liberal Democrats has reported Barnet Council to its own Standards Committee. Cllr Cohen believes that Barnet has broken the law by allowing the increases in Members Allowances to be dealt with at Tuesday's Council meeting.

15 Jul 2010
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Teignmouth stroke victim's wheelchair train 'ban'

A rail operator has apologised to a disabled passenger after staff tried to "bar" him from a train. Tim Mason, 49, from Teignmouth, Devon, was told he could not travel on the First Great Western (FGW) train if his wheelchair could not be folded away.

15 Jul 2010
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