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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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Mon 7th Jul 2008
Greater Manchester's 4 Liberal Democrats MPs have joined forces to campaign against Labour's plans to close 67 Post Office branches in Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Derbyshire.
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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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Thu 10th Jul 2008
The government has hailed the Farmers' Market in Northenden as a success story in a recent report on food. The Farmers' Market, held every month since October 2007, offers a wide range of food produce in the very heart of Northenden's shopping district. Local Lib Dems Mary Di Mauro and Councillor Martin Eakins are delighted by the recognition received from the government.
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Wed 9th Jul 2008
John Cameron, Liberal Democrat Councillor for Burnage Ward, has slammed Labour-run Manchester City Council for failing to introduce cardboard and plastic recycling collections across South Manchester. After years of calls from the Lib Dems and local people to have the range of materials collected from the kerbside increased to include plastics, directories and cardboard, the City Council is at last taking action - but only in a handful of places.
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Wed 9th Jul 2008
Manchester Liberal Democrats have criticised a leading Labour Councillor for defending massive hikes in pest control charges for local residents.
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Tue 8th Jul 2008
A campaign by the Manchester Evening News to promote the availability of Tap Water in restaurants across the City could receive a major boost on Wednesday 9th July when the City Council votes on proposals by Liberal Democrat Councillors to stop buying bottled water and make filtered tap water available from all Council Premises.
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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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