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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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Fri 4th Apr 2008
Manchester Liberal Democrats today fielded a full slate of 32 candidates for May's local elections, and launched their 2008 "Manifesto for Manchester." Key proposals include a commitment to clean up the city "all-year-round", to freeze Council Tax and to fund extra police officers for Manchester.
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Tue 29th Apr 2008
Popular Longsight Councillor Liaqat Ali has been honoured during a well-attended presentation event at Longsight's Pakistani Community Centre. The Liberal Democrat politician, first elected in 2003, was awarded an honorary degree in Social Work.
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Mon 14th Apr 2008
May's local elections will be the last chance for local people to demand a referendum on the introduction of a congestion charge. Liberal Democrats in Manchester want to see public transport improvements and have supported the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) bid going in, but want to see a Greater Manchester-wide referendum before a congestion charge is introduced.
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Thu 10th Apr 2008
Manchester Liberal Democrat Leader Simon Ashley has called on Manchester City Council to review its disciplinary procedures after it was revealed that the Council spent over £300,000 just on one case, that of former Whalley Range Head Dame Jean Else.
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Mon 7th Apr 2008
Chorlton Liberal Democrat Lianne Williams has slammed Stagecoach bosses for axing cheap day and weekly tickets on the 85 and 86 bus routes to Chorlton. The tickets were originally introduced by Stagecoach in response to competition from other bus operators.
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Mon 7th Apr 2008
Longsight Lib Dem Councillor Liaqat Ali has condemned Labour's 100 Day Challenge, launched this week, as a "pre-election publicity gimmick." Manchester's Lib Dem Councillors are calling for a "Clean up Manchester" campaign to clean up the city and recycle more all-year-round, not just for the 100 days before the local elections.
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Fri 28th Mar 2008
An additional 1200 local families are living in uncertain and undesirable accommodation this year, as figures show that the council house waiting list in the City of Manchester has grown again.
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Fri 28th Mar 2008
John Leech, the Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington, and Liberal Democrat Councillor for Burnage, John Cameron, are calling for 20mph zones to be extended to all Manchester residential streets that are not main roads, as new evidence shows that 20mph zones save lives.
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Thu 27th Mar 2008
Manchester residents, including many city centre residents, have given a thumbs-up to a properly organised New Year's Eve celebration, after the Council failed to organise any event last year. Following Lib Dem calls for a public consultation, nearly 500 people gave their views.
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Wed 26th Mar 2008
Manchester's Liberal Democrats have challenged Labour's Town Hall bosses to save local Post Offices already closed or earmarked for closure. In Manchester, Labour have closed 21 Post Offices since 2003.
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Would you agree or disagree with the principle of a combined package of £3 billion improvements in transport in Greater Manchester that also included greater local control over buses and rail and the introduction of congestion charging for vehicles using the busiest roads at peak times on weekdays?
View the results so far.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"Liberalism in Britain has lost a great champion, the Liberal Democrats, a great advocate and our public life, a great servant. "
Lord Paddy Ashdown
In memory of Lord Richard Holme, who died on 5 May
"If the Tories want to claim that they are going to cut corporation tax, they have to come clean about how they are going to pay for it. Cutting the main rate of corporation tax to 25% will cost more than £5bn a year. If David Cameron is to have a hope of sounding credible he must state clearly where the money will come from. Otherwise this will be seen as yet another unfunded tax cut. "
Vince Cable - Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor
www.libdems.org.uk - 2 May
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