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Manchester Liberal Democrats - service and action all year round!
The Liberal Democrats in Manchester are working all year round to serve the communities they represent and to challenge the Labour administration where it could be improving services, doing things better or is just plain wrong.
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Tue 15th Jul 2008
Manchester Liberal Democrat Leader Cllr Simon Ashley has welcomed yet another Manchester Labour U-turn, this time to scrap their plans for a new free underground Councillors' car park. Following public ridicule, Manchester's out-of-touch Labour hypocrites have dropped their proposal.
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Wed 13th Aug 2008
Liberal Democrats on Manchester City Council have approached the ruling Labour Group with a novel way to help first time buyers get into the housing market, and at the same time help to reduce Manchester's staggering waiting list for affordable housing.
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Thu 31st Jul 2008
Liberal Democrats in Wythenshawe and Sale East are calling for tougher action against those caught selling knives to children and young people. Northenden Councillor Martin Eakins, who is Lib-Dem Parliamentary Spokesman for Wythenshawe and Sale East, made the call after damning figures exposing Labour's failure to tackle the issue were uncovered in Parliament by Chris Huhne MP, the party's Shadow Home Secretary.
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Wed 30th Jul 2008
Manchester's Labour bosses have tamely accepted Government cuts of £13 million to Manchester's housing market renewal funds.
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Tue 22nd Jul 2008
John Leech MP yesterday presented a petition to Parliament signed by over 1,500 residents of South Manchester opposing Labour's closure of two Post Offices in his Constituency of Manchester Withington.
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Mon 21st Jul 2008
"Residents on Chandos Road in Chorlton are still waiting for a letter from the council seven months after council officers met them to discuss the future management of their street trees. What incompetence! So much for consultation and communication!" says Whalley Range Liberal Democrat Councillor John Grant.
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Thu 17th Jul 2008
Manchester Withington Lib Dem MP John Leech is reminding South Manchester residents that they only have a few days to respond to the Post Office closure plans. Three Post Offices are earmarked for closure in South Manchester, at Ladybarn, Parrswood Rd and Barlow Rd, and the 21st July is the deadline for comments.
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Mon 14th Jul 2008
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has today called on the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust to reinstate sacked nurse Karen Reissmann.
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Fri 11th Jul 2008
John Leech, Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington, is delighted that moves to secure the future of the world famous observatory in Cheshire are under way.
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Fri 11th Jul 2008
John Cameron and Iain Donaldson, Liberal Democrat Councillor for Burnage Ward, are calling for swift action to save council taxpayers thousands of pounds in the face of an epidemic of drain cover thefts across Manchester.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"Holding someone without charge for 42 days adds nothing of value to the investigation, prosecution or conviction of terrorists. "
Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General Lord (Martin) Thomas
Comment ahead of the Second Reading of the Counter-Terrorism Bill in the House of Lords - 8 July
"Opponents of Mugabe's regime are at serious risk of being tortured or killed if they are sent back to Zimbabwe. I am dismayed that the Home Office seems intent on pushing ahead with deportations at the earliest opportunity. "
Chris Huhne, Lib Dem Home Affairs Spokesman
www.libdems.org.uk - 8 July
"Schools' performance in recognising and tackling homophobia should be an assessed criterion in Ofsted school inspections. "
Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg
www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - 7 July
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