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30 Most Recent News Stories
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Fri 12th Mar 2010
World-class cancer treatment and research services will now be available in Oldham at the new radiotherapy centre run in cooperation by The Christie and Pennine NHS trust.
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Fri 12th Mar 2010
Manchester Lib Dem Leader Simon Ashley has welcomed the signing of a joint agreement between the Club, Council and New East Manchester.
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Fri 12th Mar 2010
Lib Dem Housing Spokesperson, Cllr Iain Donaldson, has written to the Housing Minister calling for local councils to be allowed to decide where and when they will use new licensing powers.
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Wed 10th Mar 2010
Intervention in the development of the City Council's allocations policy by Lib Dem Housing Spokesperson, Cllr Iain Donaldson has ensured that former armed services personnel will receive priority under Manchester's new housing allocations policy.
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
Liberal Democrat Licensing spokesperson Cllr John Commons has learnt from Council Officers that controversial plans to introduced a "lottery" system for allocating Hackney Licenses are to be shelved until after the General Election. He contacted them when the report failed to appear on next Monday's Licensing Committee Agenda
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
Withington MP John Leech welcomed today's announcement of a full funding grant for two further Manchester Metrolink extensions, to Ashton and East Didsbury.
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Wed 3rd Mar 2010
Commenting on Labour's plans to raise overall Council Tax levels by £11 whilst calling it a freeze, Manchester Lib Dem Leader Simon Ashley called for "less spin" from Labour bosses.
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Tue 2nd Mar 2010
Local MP John Leech joined forces with Breakthrough Breast Cancer on 24th February, as the charity launched the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Every Chance campaign to tackle the barriers that limit equal access for older patients to breast cancer treatments and care.
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Mon 1st Mar 2010
John Leech, MP for Manchester Withington joined campaigners on 25th February to demand that the government does not spend taxpayers' money on fish that is endangered.
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Thu 25th Feb 2010
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) leads the way to raise awareness of the barriers to communication that blind and partially sighted TV fans come up against.
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Tue 23rd Feb 2010
Withington MP John Leech and The British Heart Foundation (BHF) are calling on the people of Manchester to join National Wear Red Day on Friday 26th February 2010 and to follow the BEAT health code.
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Tue 23rd Feb 2010
In a letter to the local MP, the Head of Highways Services spelled out that the pedestrian safety issue had not been solved by the construction of the island, outside of the Old House at Home pub, Burton Road, in Spring 2009.
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Wed 17th Feb 2010
South Manchester Rail Users' Group are having their first public meeting.
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Wed 17th Feb 2010
Platt Fields Park has kicked off a year of centenary celebrations with the unveiling of a new clock on the boathouse today. The local voluntary residents' group, the Friends of Platt Fields, organised the event in conjunction with the Council's parks and leisure department, and arranged funding for the clock from Sainsburys.
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Mon 15th Feb 2010
Latest figures reveal that last year there were more than 3,300 [1] cases of children in England admitted to accident and emergency departments with a potentially fatal diabetic complication, warns leading health charity Diabetes UK.
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Fri 12th Feb 2010
Manchester Liberal Democrats are shocked that Manchester's Labour run planning committee rushed through planning permission for a private football development in the grade II listed Heaton Park despite the objections from English Heritage, the Historic Gardens Society and over 2000 local people, and without even visiting the site.
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Tue 9th Feb 2010
Manchester Withington MP John Leech was invited to see the work of some local apprentices installing new windows on Friday, highlighting National Apprenticeship Week.
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Tue 9th Feb 2010
Withington MP John Leech hailed the beginning of construction of the Metrolink extension to south Manchester as a welcome milestone.
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Tue 2nd Feb 2010
"Manchester residents should not have to worry about a rise in their Council Tax this year whilst we fight the continuing effects of the recession in the city" says Liberal Democrat Finance Spokesperson on Manchester City Council, Withington Councillor Simon Wheale.
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Tue 2nd Feb 2010
Manchester Liberal Democrats have asked the District Auditor to investigate the loss of £421,000 of City Council funds due to Labour's incompetence.
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Thu 28th Jan 2010
Landlords will no longer be able to convert properties into shared rental accommodation without planning permission, following new rules announced this week.
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Thu 28th Jan 2010
The rate of long-term unemployment has reached a ten year high across Greater Manchester, despite a drop in overall numbers claiming unemployment benefit, according to new figures obtained by Withington MP John Leech.
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Thu 28th Jan 2010
Manchester City Council have unanimously adopted a joint notice of motion proposed by Cllr Iain Donaldson and seconded by Labour Councillor Tony Burns calling for improvements to the pay and conditions for our troops.
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Thu 28th Jan 2010
A group of Greater Manchester MPs has vowed to vote against any increases in tuition fees in the next parliament as fears over student debt continue to rise.
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Thu 28th Jan 2010
Breaking news that Manchester's Labour Council is to reduce heating charges for thousands of tenants has been welcomed by Lib Dem Housing Spokesperson Iain Donaldson as clear proof that increases of over 70% over the past thee years have been totally excessive and for many residents unaffordable.
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Thu 28th Jan 2010
Firefighters from Greater Manchester who rescued a two year-old girl from the rubble of a fallen building in Haiti have been praised in parliament for their lifesaving work.
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Wed 27th Jan 2010
A Ministry of Defence (MOD) consultant has received a bonus payment of over £84,500 - for cutting down on departmental waste - new figures show.
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Thu 21st Jan 2010
Manchester Liberal Democrat Leader Cllr Simon Ashley explains why Lib Dems support Manchester's bid to host World Cup matches locally should England's World Cup bid succeed.
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Wed 20th Jan 2010
Manchester Withington MP John Leech backed muscular dystrophy campaigners today in their fight for better muscle disease services.
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Thu 14th Jan 2010
Speaking after the planning application for the development of Chorlton Meadows was withdrawn, John Leech said:
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