Postal Vote fraud trial begins
The first full Election Court for thirty years yesterday begun sitting to looking in the allegations that six Labour Councillors and their agents committed postal vote fraud in last year's local elections.
21 Feb 2005
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Parking Questionnaire hits Epsom High Street
Lib Dem prospective parliamentary candidate Jonathan Lees was asking people for their views on parking restrictions in South Street and High Street, Epsom last Saturday. He was joined by other members of the Lib Dem FOCUS team, including County Councillor Colin Taylor and Woodcote ward borough council candidate Lionel Blackman. Over 200 surveys were completed in one morning.
21 Feb 2005
Higher Pay for Shepway Councillors Condemned
The Liberal Democrat group on Shepway District Council is demanding that the Council's budget for 2005/06 be changed to eliminate an increase in councillors' allowances contained in the proposals being made by the controlling Conservative group.
21 Feb 2005
Epping Forest Leisure Centre Management Row
The District Council's Liberal Democrats, supported by Labour and Loughton Resident members, mounted a strong challenge to the Tory Cabinet portfolio holder's attempt to persuade the Council to continue negotiations with Sport and Leisure Management, a commercial company, to take over the management of the council's leisure centres.
21 Feb 2005
Lionel Blackman stands for Lib Dems in Woodcote by-election
For the Woodcote by-election, the Liberal Democrats have chosen the well-known local solicitor Lionel Blackman, who lives in the heart of Woodcote ward. Lionel wants to see Woodcote get a better deal. He says "I think Woodcote residents have been well served by their Lib Dem councillors in the past. They were utterly committed, reliable and professional. I am determined to carry on their good work."
19 Feb 2005
"Don't Believe Tory election promises" - Robinson
Chelmsford's Lib Dem PPC Stephen Robinson has poured scorn over our Tory MP's attempts to make his discredited party more credible. Stephen said, "Why should we believe Conservative low tax 'promises' when they always raised them? Or that they will devolve powers to the very local authorities they worked to sideline? Or that they can take sensible decisions when they introduced madcap schemes like the Council tax?"
19 Feb 2005