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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Fri 12th Mar 2010
Deborah Crane won the by-election on 11 March with a majority of 154 in the Central Ward of Lawley & Overdale Parish Council. Deborah got 381 votes and the Labour candidate got 227. Voting took place at the Carpenter Centre, Oak Road, Overdale, and the Dawley Bank Baptist Church . It was noticeable that the number of postal votes returned far outnumbered those voting on the day, although the turnout was a poor 17%.
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Wed 10th Mar 2010
Local Euro MP Liz Lynne has welcomed today's European Parliament vote for a plan to exempt struggling very small businesses from the need to produce annual accounts.
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Wed 10th Mar 2010
A resolution calling for alleged war crimes in Gaza to be independently investigated and for an end to the blockade of the territory won support from Euro MPs today, including local LibDem MEP Liz Lynne.
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
New EU rules will allow family pets to take continental holidays for years to come.
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
Local MP Lembit Öpik has helped to bring about changes which could transform local support for hundreds of people with autism in Montgomeryshire. Along with the National Autistic Society, Lembit has been calling for dramatic improvements in health, social care and other public services for people with autism through backing the adult autism strategy published on the 3rd March 2010.
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
Lembit Öpik, Local MP for Montgomeryshire has today committed to:
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Öpik has this week been involved in talks with Secretary of State for Wales, Peter Hain, about the unjustly high business rates imposed on small businesses in Montgomeryshire.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
Euro MP Liz Lynne has hailed a decision by EU ministers in Brussels today to adopt new laws to tackle the serious risks faced by nurses and other workers from needlestick injuries at work.
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Sat 6th Mar 2010
At an all-members meeting in Newport on 5 March, the Wrekin & Telford Liberal Democrats approved well-known local councillor, David Murray, as their candidate for The Wrekin.
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Fri 5th Mar 2010
Commenting on the news that the troubled North-South Air link has suffered a further set back after no operators made suitable bids for the latest tender, Welsh Lib Dem candidate for Wrexham Dr Tom Rippeth said:
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Thu 4th Mar 2010
Local LibDem Euro MP Liz Lynne has welcomed a ban on mobile phone users racking up huge Internet roaming charges while using their phones in another EU country.
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Wed 3rd Mar 2010
UK 'Manufacturing Week' from 1-5 March highlights the crying need for more proactive policies to help West Midlands firms climb out of the recession, says Euro MP Liz Lynne.
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Tue 2nd Mar 2010
The Office of Rail Regulation today announced its decision to reject Arriva Trains Wales application to run two daily direct services between Aberystwyth and London Marylebone. Local MP Lembit Öpik and Arriva Trains Wales are exploring other avenues to get a direct service to London for the people of Montgomeryshire.
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Tue 2nd Mar 2010
Newport Liberal Democrats have had a massive response to their petition against the closure of the Royal Mail Sorting & Delivery Office in Newport. In their February Focus newsletter, which was delivered to houses in the town, it was pointed out that centralisation of this sort of facility inevitably leads to higher costs, greater use of time, damage to the environment, and rarely if ever results in an improved service. The Lib Dems asked recipients to support the retention of this facility in Newport, as its closure would cause hardship to the elderly, and those without access to a car.
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Mon 1st Mar 2010
Local Liberal Democrats will be meeting on 5 March at the Cosy Hall, Newport, to meet their prospective parliamentary candidates for Telford and the Wrekin.
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Fri 26th Feb 2010
Lib Dem Euro MP Liz Lynne has strongly backed a call in Brussels this week for a moratorium on penalties while technical problems with electronic sheep tags are ironed out.
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Thu 25th Feb 2010
The first formal India Pakistan talks since the Mumbai attacks in 2008 are a vital step forward for moves to a lasting peaceful settlement in Kashmir, local Lib Dem Euro MP Liz Lynne said at the European Parliament today.
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Thu 25th Feb 2010
Campaigners from the European Breast Cancer coalition joined Lib Dem MEP Liz Lynne in Brussels this week to lobby Euro MPs to sign up to a call for universal cancer screening for women between the ages of 50 and 69.
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Thu 25th Feb 2010
The Liberal Democrats are holding their Regional Conference in Kidderminster on Saturday 27 February from 09.30 to 16.30. The location is the Oldfield Hall at the King Charles 1 School, Comberton Road, DY10 1XA, and all regional members are invited.The guest speakers will be Baroness Ros Scott, President of the party, and Kirsty Williams, member of the Welsh Assembly. With a general election due to be called in the near future, it will be a good opportunity to get up-to-date with what is going on in our West Midlands constituencies, and take part in some of the training sessions available on the day.
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Tue 23rd Feb 2010
The European Commission must accelerate progress on stripping away unnecessary red tape for small businesses which is seriously hampering efforts to beat the recession, says Midlands Euro MP Liz Lynne.
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