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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Fri 15th Jan 2010
Forest Hill Liberal Democrat councillor Cllr Philip Peake, arriving at Lewisham Town Hall on Wednesday, was amazed to see the amount of grit in front of the civic offices.
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Sat 9th Jan 2010
There's been a lot of comment on the road and pavement gritting policies of local councils in the past few days now that the snow is turning to ice in many areas.
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Fri 8th Jan 2010
The snow this week has meant fun for a lot of residents, and disruption and chaos for many, but your Lib Dem team keeps on working - whatever the weather!
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Fri 1st Jan 2010
This year will see the general election and elections to Bromley and Lewisham councils on 6th May - this is your chance to have a say in the way that our local area and our country is governed. Across the constituency, it is the Liberal Democrats who have been standing up for residents and local communities against the heavy cost of Labour's failures in government and the indifference of the the council administrations.
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Tue 1st Dec 2009
Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable has argued strongly that it is time to call the bluff of the RBS directors threatening to resign unless the government lets them pay £1.5m bonuses.
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Sun 29th Nov 2009
A ceremony at Kelvin Grove School on Saturday, November 28th, saw local Greenpeace members join forces with Cllr Alex Feakes, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Lewisham West & Penge, to plant an apple tree and 'twin' Forest Hill with the threatened village.
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Wed 25th Nov 2009
Cllr Pete Pattisson, Cllr Alex Feakes and Tamora Langley submitted a petition of over 350 signatures from local residents demanding an end to the dire rail provision in Lewisham. The petition called for the proposed Victoria to Bellingham line to be re-instated after it was secretly cut by Transport for London. The service had been planned to mitigate the loss of the South London Line, but was scrapped without any public consultation.
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Mon 16th Nov 2009
Along with Pete Pattisson, our Lewisham East candidate, I was invited to the local Tamil community's 'Natchatram' celebration hosted by the 11 Stars Sports Club on Saturday night. A wonderful evening of great song, dance and food!
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Tue 10th Nov 2009
Local Liberal Democrats are fighting to save the evening train service to and from Charing Cross, via Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park.
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Thu 22nd Oct 2009
Liberal Democrat councillors joined residents from across the five boroughs at a rally to support the campaign to bring a cinema in Crystal Palace.
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Mon 19th Oct 2009
The Labour Minister who will take the final decision on Crystal Palace park has announced that he will not announce his decision until 20 May 2010, local Lib Dem councillors have learned. The next general election must be held by 6 June 2010.
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Fri 16th Oct 2009
Official unemployment figures show that more than twice as many residents are out of work than a year ago: the rate has jumped from 1.6% to 3.4%, meaning that thousands more local people are unemployed. However, the figures are far higher in Crystal Palace and Penge, which continue to be among the poorest in the borough.
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Wed 14th Oct 2009
Lib Dem councillors have reacted angrily to Bromley Council's failure to erect speed warning signs in Fox Hill and Belvedere Road.
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Wed 14th Oct 2009
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has demanded that MPs who "flipped" homes or avoided capital gains tax pay back the money and be punished. Both practices were heavily criticised during the expenses scandal but have not been addressed by the parliamentary inquiry.
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Mon 12th Oct 2009
Forest Hill Lib Dem Councillor Alex Feakes has challenged Labour administration in Lewisham over its record on Council Tax after figures released by the Department for Communities and Local Government showed the borough's Council Tax has risen at the quickest rate since the tax was introduced to become the highest in inner London in 2009-2010.
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Mon 5th Oct 2009
Lewisham West & Penge parliamentary spokesman for the Lib Dems, Alex Feakes, has backed calls for the costs of pre-payment meters for gas and electricity services to be equalised with other payment methods.
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Wed 30th Sep 2009
Cllr Alex Feakes was delighted to be asked to present to Lewisham Council a petition on behalf of residents of Honor Oak, Sydenham, Forest Hill and elsewhere campaigning against cuts to rail services on the line threatened by Southern Railway. The on-line petition was organised by the Forest Hill Society on behalf of other local civic groups and by the time of the presentation had reached over 700 signatures.
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Mon 28th Sep 2009
An Ipsos Mori survey released today puts the Tories on 36%, Labour on 24% and the Liberal Democrats on 25%.That compares with last month's results which had the Tories 43%, Labour 26% and the Liberal Democrats 17%.
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Mon 28th Sep 2009
Volunteering groups, charities and trusts have been hit by a drop-off in donations this year, according to research by the Charities Aid Foundation and National Council for Voluntary Organisations, potentially leaving local groups short of funds just when the recession has increased their workload. In addition, the CAF/NCVO figures show that the average donation has dropped as a result fewer large donations by professionals and the better-off, whilst giving by the less well-off has held up.
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Sun 27th Sep 2009
Lib Dems support local residents as planning application now in
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