It is clear that this recession demands a radical overhaul of the British tax system. It remains scandalous that the richest in our country pay a lower share of their wealth in tax than the poorest.…
Lib Dem MP Dr Vince Cable paid a visit to the Greeno Centre, Shepperton, to talk about the economy, and take a question and answer session on a range of other topics. A packed room of over 70 people…
Last year local MP David Wilshire voted against recommendations at Westminster to have MPs expenses externally audited. Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman Mark Chapman is challenging the level…
The Sunbury Liberal Democrat Councillors have consistently opposed the imposition of car parking charges in Lower Sunbury. The following is the content of the formal response to the consultation from…
Liberal Democrat Councillors have promised to continue to ask questions despite new Council rules designed to make it harder to do. In an echo of George Orwell's 1984 these changes have been…
A change in the procedures for scrutiny has been proposed which will have the effect of restricting scrutiny of key Council decisions. If the change is passed by the Council it will be impossible for…
A new Grounds Maintenance Contract has been agreed by Spelthorne Council which will save the Council money, but this means that 27 open spaces will not be maintained to the same standard as…
Spelthorne's budget for 2009/10 is under great pressure largely due to falling interest rates, but this is only part of the story. Many years of financial incompetence by the ruling Tory…
Parliamentary spokesman, Mark Chapman, has welcomed plans launched by the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable MP and Shadow Housing Minister Sarah Teather MP to boost affordable housing…
The Liberal Democrats have opposed Surrey County Council's budget as "fundamentally flawed". Surrey council tax payers will continue to receive poor services over the next year, after the ruling…
