http://secambslibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from South East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats en-GB South East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats http://secambslibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 South East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats 2008-08-28T15:38+01:00 United Kingdom http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000140/demise_of_post_office_account_card_will_cause_more_closures.html Those who have successfully fought for their Post Office should not rest as Liberal Democrats in South East Cambridgeshire are predicting another round of Post Office closures after the Post Office Account Card ceases in 2010 unless the Government allows Post Offices to develop their services. 2008-08-26T18:14+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000139/tory_admits_to_criminal_damage_against_former_cambridgeshire_lib_dem_parliamentary_candidate.html Following the arrest of Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Watford Ian Oakley and his guilty plea on five charges of criminal damage and two charges of harassment towards, amongst others, the former Liberal Democrat candidate for South East Cambridgeshire Sal Brinton, Lib Dem Chair of Campaigns and Communications, Edward Davey MP has demanded that David Cameron holds an urgent inquiry into the procedures and activities of Watford Conservative Party. 2008-08-18T17:54+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000138/poll_reveals_1_in_5_tory_mps_in_denial_on_climate_change.html One in five Tory MPs do not believe climate change is linked to human activity and two thirds say it should not be a priority for local councils according to a poll conducted by ComRes. 2008-08-02T14:48+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000137/after_post_office_closures_conservatives_now_say_one_thing_and_do_the_opposite_with_phone_masts.html Having already lambasted the Conservatives for failing to support their own Opposition Day Motion against Post Office closures Liberal Democrats have launched a stinging attack on Tory MPs for refusing to support the tightening of mobile phone mast rules. 2008-07-13T09:41+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000136/if_only_the_tories_had_voted_to_save_our_post_offices.html Liberal Democrats have pointed to the fact that eleven Tory MPs including David Cameron failed to turn up for their own crucial Opposition Day Motion vote on current Post Office closures ensuring the Government won the day despite a rebellion by Labour MPs. 2008-07-08T12:07+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000135/another_u_turn_as_government_takes_lib_dem_advice_on_mugabe.html On Monday July 7 Foreign Secretary David Miliband will visit South Africa to discuss Zimbabwe but Liberal Democrats say so far our Government's response has been all talk and no action apart from belatedly stripping Robert Mugabe of his knighthood after yet another U turn by the Prime Minister. 2008-07-03T18:01+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000134/dont_say_brown_say_hopeless.html A year ago this week Gordon Brown MP became Prime Minister having been responsible as Chancellor for a decade of economic growth built on cheap credit and personal debt and as Labour looses its deposit at the Henley by-election his chickens have truly come home to roost say Liberal Democrats. 2008-07-02T17:57+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000133/cycling_in_south_east_cambs_is_pitiful_say_lib_dems.html There may be nine million bicycles in Beijing but with the start of Bike Week this Saturday there are pitifully few being used in South East Cambridgeshire according to the Liberal Democrats who blame a lack of facilities, speeding traffic and heavy lorries for putting people off cycling in the constituency. 2008-06-14T09:38+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000132/roswell_pits_protected.html The recent announcement by Natural England, that the Roswell Pits and meadows are to be declared a SSSI for wildlife, has been welcomed by local Liberal Democrats. 2008-06-14T09:35+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000131/natural_england_boss_attacked_for_anti_green_belt_speech.html With the green belt around Cambridge facing mounting pressure from housing developers and the Government Liberal Democrats are alarmed by the head of Natural England suggesting it should be replaced by "green gaps". 2008-06-07T10:34+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000130/lib_dems_find_national_insurance_fiasco.html Local Liberal Democrats are claiming that based on data produced by the National Audit Office every year 10,000 national insurance returns for people working in Greater Cambridge may not be matched with their records. 2008-05-19T18:02+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000129/strip_mugabe_of_his_knighthood_say_lib_dems.html As there continues to be no a date for the next round for Zimbabwe's presidential election local Liberal Democrat campaigner Jonathan Chatfield is giving his support to the call for Robert Mugabe to be stripped of his knighthood. 2008-05-15T18:09+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000128/john_gives_a_helping_hand.html Several Paynes Meadow residents have told John Batchelor they would welcome a play area for local children. It was suggested when the second phase of the development was proposed, but later dropped. 2008-04-23T18:48+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000127/hanley_grange_a_threat_to_our_area.html When developers revived the Abington new town plan in 2004, local Liberal Democrats led the campaign to stop it. 2008-04-23T18:47+01:00 http://secambslibdems.org.uk/news/000126/a1307_another_week_yet_another_tragedy.html Another week, and yet another tragic death, when Linton Village College pupil Alice Westland was killed near Horseheath. Speaking as a College governor, John Batchelor said "We cannot go on bearing more tragedies like these." 2008-04-22T18:57+01:00