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London Elections 2008
Mike Tuffrey, Dee Doocey and Caroline Pidgeon have been elected as the Liberal Democrat Members of the London Assembly.
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Thu 15th May 2008
Lynne Featherstone has demanded full Oyster smartcard service for local stations following a visit this week to Alexandra Palace station with Oyster specialists. The local Liberal Democrat MP met with Cubic, a principal partner in the TranSys consortium that runs the Oyster system for Transport for London, to discuss how commuter train services in Hornsey and Wood Green, operated by First Capital Connect, can benefit from full Oyster integration.
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Read "Oyster pay-as-you-go demanded on local trains" in full
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Thu 15th May 2008
Haringey Lib Dems have responded with incredulity at the results of the Labour Annual General Meeting. The calamitous Cllr Dhiren Basu has been reappointed Cabinet Member for Leisure, Culture and Lifelong Learning.
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Read "Liberal Democrat reaction to Labour AGM" in full
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Wed 14th May 2008
MP Vincent Cable introduced an Adjournment Debate in Parliament on Friday on the issue of 'unfair' charges in residential homes following the revelation that local care homes - like Care UK's Laurel Dene - are charging self-funding residents over £200 a week extra, over council nominees, for exactly the same service.
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Read "MP Challenges Care Home Charges Injustice" in full
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Tue 13th May 2008
The impact of a surge of gambling premises in Noel Park and Wood Green High Road will now be looked at in a Council study. Concerned by the sudden increase in betting shops and the potential impact these have on the surrounding area, Lib Dem Cllr Fiyaz Mughal, requested that the study, initially aimed to research only the Green Lanes area, was expanded to include Noel Park.
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Read "Liberal Democrats secure expansion of gambling research study" in full
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Tue 13th May 2008
MP Vincent Cable introduced an Adjournment Debate in parliament on Friday on the issue of 'unfair' charges in residential homes following the revelation that local care homes - like Care UK's Laurel Dene - are charging self-funding residents over £200 a week extra, over council nominees, for exactly the same service.
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Read "London MP challenges Care Home Charges Injustice" in full
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Mon 12th May 2008
A local Muswell Hill resident has been forced to look for private health care after she was denied vital foot care on the NHS, local MP Lynne Featherstone recently found out as she visited her home. Since 2007, when her local Fortis Green clinic closed, Mrs. Audrey Kelly, 82, who suffers from severe foot problems which often leave her unable to walk, has been refused treatment or referral to an NHS chiropodist by her GP. Mrs. Kelly, who is on income support, has been told that, as she is not considered a 'high risk' patient*, the only way she can get foot care is to go private.
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Read "Outrage as 82 year old with foot problems denied care on the NHS" in full
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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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