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community all the year round - not just at election
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Spelthorne Borough Council, we can be very effective when we work with
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Surrey County Council Election Results - Lib Dem gain in Spelthorne
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Thu 2nd Jul 2009
An application has been made to Spelthorne Borough Council for a review of the licence relating to the premises pictured.
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Wed 1st Jul 2009
A strongly worded letter has been sent by local Liberal Democrats to the Government urging them NOT to cap the 2009/2010 Surrey Police Authority budget as it will inevitably lead to cuts in frontline services.
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Tue 30th Jun 2009
Mark Chapman, the Spelthorne Liberal Democrats parliamentary spokesman, is not satisfied with the MPs explanation of his excessive expenses claims and has written to the Surrey Herald saying so.
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Fri 26th Jun 2009
Local residents are invited to Have Your Say in Sunbury on Tuesday 7th July, 7-9pm, at the Riverside Arts Centre, Thames Street, Lower Sunbury. These are the new events that are replacing the Local Area Forums that used to take place twice a year.
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Tue 9th Jun 2009
The County Council elections were a spectacular success for the local Liberal Democrats. A strong performance across Spelthorne was crowned by the election of two Councillors in the Lower Sunbury and Halliford and the Sunbury Common and Ashford Common divisions.
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Mon 25th May 2009
London Irish have told members and local residents of their intention to relocate from the existing site in the Avenue, Lower Sunbury to what is currently Hazelwood golf course. Although it is proposed that the Avenue site would be redeveloped, no plans for this have yet been made public.
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Sun 24th May 2009
Local residents, supported by Lib Dem Councillor Caroline Nichols, have successfully fought off an attempt to over-develop a site in Lower Sunbury.
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Sun 3rd May 2009
The Government suffered a symbolic defeat when MPs voted by 267 to 246 on a Liberal Democrat motion to give all Gurkha soldiers equal right of residence in Britain.
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Fri 1st May 2009
At a recent Spelthorne Borough Council meeting Liberal Democrat Councillors led a debate on the shocking failure of Conservative-controlled Surrey County Council to run its Children's services properly. Unfortunately the Conservative majority group refused to criticise Surrey and voted against the motion.
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Sat 25th Apr 2009
The old Eurostar platforms at Waterloo are currently unused whist commuters have to suffer overcrowded trains and insufficient services. Why not sign our petition to make these platforms available to South-West trains and to provide an improvement in service?
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"On issue after issue, the Liberal Democrats have led the fight for real change while the Conservatives lagged behind. On the economy, on the environment and now on the real reform of politics, it is the Lib Dems that are offering something different. "
April Pond, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Norwich North by-election
www.norwichlibdems.org.uk - 21 June
"I believe that my position as an MP between now and the next election is untenable. "
Labour MP Ian Gibson
Resigning as MP for Norwich North - 6 June. See www.norwichlibdems.org.uk for Norwich North by-election news.
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