Shepway Lib Dems are sad to have learnt that Tim Hogg passed away recently. He served as a Shepway District and Hythe Town Councillor between 1983 - 1991 and was elected Deputy Mayor of Hythe in 1990. Very best wishes and our condolences to his friends and family for their loss.
I am writing to ask you to vote against the draft Freedom of Information (Parliament) Order 2009 this Thursday, and to sign Jo Swinson's Early Day Motion number 492.
Research by the Liberal Democrats shows that Kent County Council have had a lower Council tax rise in the run-up to EVERY one of the last 4 County Council elections.
As NO2ID highlighted in the Queen's Speech, the Coroners and Justice Bill which received its First Reading in the Lords yesterday, will turn the Data Protection Act on its head as far as government use of personal information is concerned - giving powers to ministers to override confidentiality and data protection and to use information collected for one purpose for any other purpose.
The Department of Health is holding a public consultation on whether it should prohibit the use of 084 numbers to access services provided by the NHS.
The West Wing was the 7 series hit US political smash of the last few years. Following the ups and downs of the Democrat Bartlett administration and the campaign to elect his successor, the show has been fantastically popular with politics junkies and drama lovers alike.
Kent Trading Standards have received reports of bona fide Kent based company email addresses being impersonated by scammers based in Nigeria in an attempt to defraud victims.
People and organisations in Kent are being offered the chance to get a share of a £50,000 grant to help fund schemes that cut household waste.
Troubled music, games and DVD chain Zavvi have closed 22 of the firm's stores with immediate effect - costing 178 jobs - including their store at the Ashford Designer Outlet, Ashford with the loss of 8 staff. The chain is also axing its Chatham, Kent store with 13 staff losing their jobs there.
Commenting on the Government's delay in responding to the High Court's decision that it was unlawful to exclude from the UK Gurkhas who had retired before 1997, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said:
Kent Police have crime maps on their web site showing crime levels, and how they compare against last year, down to ward level at http://tinyurl.com/8fkz7c
With snow and ice across many parts of Kent over the past two days, Kent Police have issued guidance to stay safe, and motorists are urged to leave plenty of time for their journeys.
