Lionel Blackman wins Woodcote Ward By-election
The Lib Dems were returned to represent Woodcote ward on Epsom & Ewell Borough Council tonight, after an absence of less than two years. The polling results were:
17 Mar 2005
Save our green belt
The Government has doubled the housebuilding target for Stockport, weakened the protections on a third of our precious green belt, and is forcing the Council through Ministerial Directives and threats to adopt a Local Plan which will let developers target green belt first.
We oppose this government’s ‘developers charter’ and need your voice. Do you agree with us that the green spaces that make our area special need to be preserved, and new housing should first be built on brownfield sites, after the infrastructure is provided with schools, improved transport, and GP places guaranteed? Help us send a message to Government and make Labour listen to local people.
Find our more about the local plan on our frequently asked questions page.
Save our green belt
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Ex-Labour councillor in joins Liberal Democrats
Shrewsbury and Atcham PPC, Richard Burt has welcomed ex-Labour councillor, John Roberts to the Party in the lead up to a borough by-election in Sutton and Reabrook - a ward he used to represent!
17 Mar 2005
Dear Editor,
Michael Thompson describes the means test that elderly people must endure as a disgrace and a farce - I could not agree more. This is why the Liberal Democrats would introduce a citizens pension that would do away with the degrading necessity for intrusive form filling and means testing.
17 Mar 2005
Youth Parliament from Leicester gets a look at the Real Thing
Yesterday, Parmjit Singh Gill, Member of Parliament for Leicester South, met with students from the Gateway College Youth Parliament programme, at the Palace of Westminster.
17 Mar 2005
Carroll Opposes Airport Expansion
At a packed Public Meeting in Greatstone on Wednesday 16th March, Peter Carroll set out why he opposed the major expansion of Lydd Airport. Over 200 people attended the meeting. Many local people expressed their opposition to the plans. A sizable number of people who attended had links with the airport and they set out why they thought the expansion was a good idea.
17 Mar 2005
Budget Little More Than A Sticking Plaster For Election - Kennedy
Responding to the budget, Liberal Democrat Leader, Charles Kennedy MP, said "We are lucky in this country. Britain has the 4th largest economy in the world. So how can it be right in Britain today that the poorest 20% pay more in tax, as a proportion of their income, than the richest 20%? Over the last eight years the Chancellor has tinkered an awful lot, but he has failed tackle fundamental unfairness in the system. This budget is just more of the same. "
16 Mar 2005
