The Green Tax switch
Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell MP has unveiled plans to protect and improve our environment with a major "green tax switch".
8 Jun 2006
Folkestone and Hythe News
Base the European Parliament in Brussels - always
It costs European taxpayers approximately 200 million euros a year to move the Parliament between Brussels and Strasbourg every month. The Liberal Democrats are campaigning to stop this waste of time and money. A new cross-party campaign has been launched to end this monthly trek.
7 Jun 2006
Cheriton Local Action Update
Local Action Update from the Cheriton Lib Dem Team
6 Jun 2006
A New Strange Cargo: Other People's Photographs
Folkestone based art company Strange Cargo have launched a major new public artwork "Other People's Photographs": and they want YOU to take part!
5 Jun 2006
Nearly Killing Simon Hughes
A regular feature of the political landscape is the Parliamentary by-election. These are almost always triggered in the sad circumstances of an MPs death (MPs very rarely resign) which have become rarer over the last decades as life-expectancy has increased.
TPCSLD
1 Jun 2006
Could a new Shepway star be chosen for Question Time?
Are you young, well-informed, articulate and passionate about what matters today? If so, you have the chance to be a panellist on the BBC's flagship political programme, Question Time.
30 May 2006
Local Communities and Local Residents
This is a good time to be a Liberal Democrat in Shepway.
LBLLDGSC
28 May 2006
Lyminge Residents in Anger at Parking Devastation
A huge crown of over 160 angry Lyminge residents crammed into the village car park on Saturday morning. They had gathered to present a massive 1700 name petition against recently introduced parking charges in the car park. Since these charges have been introduced, trade in the village Coffee shop is reported to be down a massive 40%, the hardware store is down by 35% and the number of visitors to the library has collapsed by 50%.
28 May 2006
Lib Dems Top Environment Poll
A Friends of the Earth on-line poll puts the Liberal Democrats far ahead of the other main parties in caring about climate change.
25 May 2006
Lost Gamble: Shepway Fail to Make Casino Shortlist
Shepway's bid to be considered for one of the 8 new "large" or "small" casinos that will be licenced nationwide has failed. The shortlist for potential sites has been announced today, and the Folkestone Seafront site has lost out to bids from competing authorities including Hastings and Dartford.
24 May 2006
Shepway Lib Dem Chair Joins Lib Dem MPs in "Renew for Freedom" Campaign
The Liberal Democrat Home Affairs team today applied to renew their passports to prevent their details from being added to the ID cards database. Locally, Shepway Lib Dem Chair and Treasurer and Anti-ID Card campaigners, Tim Prater & Darren Briddock, have also applied to renew their passport in protest at the new ID card scheme.
24 May 2006
Four prisoners slip out of jail every day
Four prisoners are walking out of prisons without authorisation every day, new figures revealed today by the Liberal Democrats show. Over 13,500 prisoners have escaped, absconded or disappeared while on temporary release in the last 10 years.
22 May 2006