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A fairer, greener, safer Britain
Liberal Democrats offer a fairer and greener Britain. Fairer taxes will mean ordinary families pay less - polluters and the most wealthy more. Good local education and health services will offer opportunity for all. Real action will protect our environment - creating a zero-carbon Britain.
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Mon 1st Mar 2010
Prospective local Lib Dem MP Duncan Hames stands shoulder to shoulder with Chippenham residents against Conservative plans to build 3,000 new houses on the outskirts of the town.
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[Read "Save our green spaces!" in full]
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Thu 4th Mar 2010
In response to public concern, Lib Dem Group Leader on Wiltshire Council, Trevor Carbin, asked questions at council (Feb 23) on the cost of WC's new publication which attempts to tell the people of Wiltshire how wonderful their council is. Here are the questions and the replies:
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[Read "WC propaganda - the cost." in full]
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Fri 19th Feb 2010
The next service to be 'harmonised' in Wiltshire is pest control. As usual 'harmonised' means 'reduced to the lowest common denominator' - areas of the county which used to have a free service will now have to pay.
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[Read "No more free rats in Wiltshire" in full]
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Tue 16th Feb 2010
The news that controversial waste collection changes in Wiltshire have been deferred has been dismissed by the Liberal Democrats as cynical electioneering. Proposals to reduce the standard of collections across the county put forward by the Conservative council included the loss of weekly collections in North Wiltshire and Salisbury districts and the introduction of charging for green waste collection in West Wiltshire.
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[Read "Tories in panic as rubbish review cancelled." in full]
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Tue 16th Feb 2010
Under the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive public buildings have to display energy efficiency certificates. These give a rating on how well designed the building is - a low rating means the building is wasting heat and energy.
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[Read "Wiltshire Council very poor on energy efficiency" in full]
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Mon 15th Feb 2010
Wiltshire Liberal Democrats are asking for clarification on the intentions of the Primary Care Trust on out of hours cover. "It seems that a new contract starts in April with the same providers as before - Wiltshire Medical Services," said the prospective MP for SW Wiltshire Trevor Carbin.
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[Read "PCT needs to come clean on out of hours cover - Lib Dems" in full]
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Fri 12th Feb 2010
Wiltshire Police Authority met on Thursday February 11th to set the Police precept for 2010-11. The recommendation was for a 3.4% increase, which is an extra £5.19 a year for the Council tax Band D level.
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[Read "Conservative bid to cut policing fails" in full]
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"Anyone who wants to pass laws in this country should pay this country's full taxes and not hide behind the special offshore status of non-doms. Non-doms have to tell the taxman that their first allegiance is to another country. No-one should be a British lawmaker whose first allegiance is not to Britain. "
Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary
www.libdems.org.uk - 2 March
"I think people are entitled to expect a sensible, stable government at a time when the country is facing very, very acute choices. We take what the markets are worrying about immensely seriously. We will not take any risk with the creditworthiness of the economy. "
Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Financial Times - 3 March
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