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30 Most Recent News Stories
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Thu 11th Mar 2010
Fed up with receiving junk mail/calls? Rather than recycling or sending to landfill stop getting it in the first place, by registering your details to stop unwanted addressed post and telephone calls. You can also register with Royal Mail to stop them delivering unaddressed 'junk' mail.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
The Kent Lib Dem group has welcomed a move by Kent County Council to make it easier for residents to dispose of spent batteries responsibly by placing special boxes for old batteries in all its libraries.
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Fri 26th Feb 2010
Our Forecasting Centre, which we run with the Met Office, has told us there is a risk of coastal and river flooding in Kent over the next few days as a result of predicted heavy rainfall. Rising spring tides and rain falling on already saturated land could result in localised flooding. We wanted to advise you of that and let you know what we, and others, are doing.
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Thu 25th Feb 2010
The campaign to Keep Full Maternity at Maidstone Hospital has received a welcome and unexpected boost. Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidates for Faversham and Mid Kent and for Maidstone, Dave Naghi and Peter Carroll, met with the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP. An unscheduled meeting took place outside the Department of Health in Whitehall when Dave and Peter were handing in letters from over 3,000 local people opposing the downgrade.
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Fri 19th Feb 2010
Lib Dems at Kent County Hall have called for all of KCC's £50million roadworks programme to be put out to competition from local firms. Currently much of KCC's £50 million annual spending on roads goes to their partner contractors Ringway without open competition.
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Thu 18th Feb 2010
Lib Dem County Councillors have proposed a package of cuts at County Hall which would result in no increase to current Council Tax bills, and which would have no effect on services to residents. In a package totalling £10.4 millions of savings, the Lib Dems proposed:
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Tue 16th Feb 2010
Work is about to start on the redevelopment of the disused bowling green in Park Wood.
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Tue 16th Feb 2010
Dave Naghi has reacted with anger to the recent loss of some direct commuter services to London.
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Tue 16th Feb 2010
Ken Stevens was recently selected as the Lib Dem Candidate for Shepway South Ward.
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Tue 16th Feb 2010
The Council tax is unfair and should be axed in favour of a fairer local income tax says local Lib Dem campaigner Dave Naghi.
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Mon 15th Feb 2010
72 households in the 'Bird Blocks' near the Park Wood parade will be receiving new windows following a campaign on their behalf by local Lib Dem Councillor Daniel Moriarty. The windows in many of the flats were no longer in an acceptable condition, with warped frames causing a constant draft in residents' homes.
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Mon 15th Feb 2010
The Lib Dems have reacted with anger to the threat to the freighter service.
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Sun 14th Feb 2010
The plans for the re-designed Hall are being re-drafted following concerns from neighbouring residents and to take account of the needs of the youth club. A revised planning application is expected soon.
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Fri 12th Feb 2010
The closure of public toilets by Conservative run Maidstone Council has hit the elderly and young families hard.
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Thu 11th Feb 2010
Lib Dems at County Hall have welcomed the decision to pull the plug on KCC's controversial KentTV broadband channel. Conservative Council Leader Paul Carter has announced that the contract would end due to the "changed economic climate". But Trudy Dean, Lib Dem Leader of the Opposition, said the channel had cost nearly £2 million pounds and should never have been set up using taxpayers money.
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Thu 11th Feb 2010
The Lib Dem Opposition at Kent County Hall has denounced the decision to extend KCC's current Chief Executive's contract by a further year to May 2010, at an alleged additional cost of £200,000.
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Thu 11th Feb 2010
Trudy Dean, Leader of the Lib Dem Group at Kent County Council, has called on Conservative Leader Paul Carter to retract his statement that the KCC Chief Executive's contract was extended as the result of a unanimous cross party vote involving Lib Dem and Labour Cllrs in 2006.
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Thu 4th Feb 2010
A big thank you to all who have signed the Keep Full Maternity in Maidstone petition and/or supported the Facebook Group - Keep Full Maternity in Maidstone.
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Mon 1st Feb 2010
Contracts worth £13.6 million for cleaning chemicals and £2.6m for breakfast supplies have been put out for tender by Kent County Council.
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Fri 22nd Jan 2010
Saturday 06 March at the Anchor Hotel, Shepperton-on-Thames, TW17 9JZ is the venue for Spelthorne's inaugural dinner. ,
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Thu 21st Jan 2010
Do you know a young man or woman who has recently left college or university and finds they can't get job?
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Wed 20th Jan 2010
Lib Dem County Councillor George Koowaree has warned that people using Age Concern services may face increased charges because Kent County Council (KCC) has changed the way it funds them.
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Sat 16th Jan 2010
It is with regret that we are canceling the SE spring conference on Saturday 6th February. We had hoped that it would be early enough in the year not to conflict with campaigning for the General Election however this has not proved to be the case. For those who have already booked a refund will be issued. We look forward to seeing you all at the autumn conference on Saturday 23rd October in Eastbourne.
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Wed 13th Jan 2010
The Lib Dem Leader of the Opposition at County Hall has reacted angrily to a Kent County Council (KCC) decision to ban Parish Councils from buying their own salt bins.
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Fri 8th Jan 2010
Kent Lib Dem County Councillor Malcolm Robertson has written to Kent County Council's Director of Environment, Highways and Waste, Mike Austerberry, demanding a better response to winter road clearing in future. Cllr Robertson praised the "herculean" efforts of KCC staff, but called for more resources, planning and joint working with districts to ensure roads and pavements are cleared more effectively in future.
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Tue 5th Jan 2010
Due to the expected cold weather arriving in London and the South East tonight, Southeastern is introducing a revised timetable to come into effect from Wednesday 6 January.
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Tue 5th Jan 2010
" In Spring KCC was criticised by the Audit Commission for being careless with £50 million of tax payers money in Icelandic banks. In July they awarded councillors an 8% increase in allowances whilst limiting staff to 1%. In the last month residents have been infuriated by KCC's failure to clear roads and pavements of lethal snow and ice. They will have to work very hard indeed to convince any tax payer that there should be any increase in Council Tax next year at all."
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Mon 4th Jan 2010
There is just over a month to the South East Region Liberal Democrats' Spring conference on Saturday 6th February in Guildford, Surrey. Confirmed speakers are Simon Hughes, Baroness Northover, Sharon Bowles, Catherine Bearder, Norman Baker and Chris Fox. There will also be training sessions available to assist with campaigning for the general election.
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Wed 23rd Dec 2009
Kent Liberal Democrats Finance Spokesman Tim Prater has welcomed new moves by the Government to require Councils to publish details of their top earners salaries.
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