http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Westminster and City of London Liberal Democrats en-GB Westminster and City of London Liberal Democrats http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Westminster and City of London Liberal Democrats 2008-12-01T16:33+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000154/liberal_democrats_call_for_tax_cuts_to_help_beat_recession.html Liberal Democrats are calling for a cut in income tax for people on low and middle incomes to help them beat the looming recession. 2008-11-02T18:59+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000153/good_news_for_church_street_market.html Church Street Market may well be promoted in announcements on local buses, following pressure from Liberal Democrat London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon. 2008-10-30T21:30+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000152/welcome_for_small_businesses_action_plan__local_liberal_democrats.html Liberal Democrats in Westminster are backing plans to help small businesses survive the looming recession. 2008-10-29T18:13+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000151/sue_baring_takes_libdems_to_best_lancaster_gate_performance_ever.html Liberal Democrat candidate Sue Baring won almost a quarter of the votes in yesterday's Lancaster Gate by-election, securing the biggest LibDem share of the vote in the ward since the council was created in the 1960s. 2008-10-24T11:32+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000150/big_questions_hang_over_councils_lost_millions.html Conservative-run Westminster council has lost £17 million of taxpayers' money, which it had invested in Icelandic banks that have now collapsed. 2008-10-13T18:00+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000149/westminster_council_to_find_new_sites_for_marylebone_farmers_market.html Westminster council has set up a project group to find locations to which the Marylebone Farmers' Market could be moved, it has been revealed. 2008-10-12T22:33+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000148/local_people_feel_the_pinch.html Soaring prices of petrol, food and heating are hitting people hard across our area. 2008-10-08T20:08+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000147/libdems_ask_mayfair_residents_what_should_replace_us_embassy.html Local Liberal Democrats are asking residents in Mayfair for their views about what should replace the American embassy after it closes its Grosvenor Square home. 2008-10-07T20:43+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000146/find_it_hard_to_park_now_we_know_why.html Local people who struggle to find a parking space will be angered to learn that the council sells thousands more residents' parking permits than there are spaces for residents. 2008-10-05T21:20+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000145/tories_cut_bins_budget_as_rubbish_piles_up.html Conservative-run Westminster council has admitted that it is set to cut how much it spends on picking up residents' bin bags by £800,000 - despite piles of rubbish blighting local streets. 2008-10-02T18:08+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000144/liberal_democrat_sue_baring_is_byelections_only_local_candidate.html Voters in Westminster's Lancaster Gate ward face a by-election on 23rd October to elect a new councillor. There will be three candidates, but only one actually lives in the ward - Liberal Democrat Sue Baring. 2008-10-01T23:32+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000143/liberal_democrats_propose_economic_recovery_plan.html The Liberal Democrats are publishing a package of proposals designed to help people left struggling by the credit crunch. This comes as local LibDem campaigner Sue Baring condemns Labour's proposals to tackle the slowdown in the economy as "too little too late". 2008-09-30T20:39+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000142/liberal_democrats_in_westminster_challenge_local_conservatives_on_economy.html Local Liberal Democrats have thrown down the gauntlet to the Conservatives on the eve of their conference by demanding answers to questions about the economy. 2008-09-27T14:50+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000141/battery_recycling_fiasco.html Liberal Democrat European spokeswoman Dinti Batstone is warning that the Government faces multi-million pound fines because it is not doing enough to promote battery recycling. 2008-09-24T16:11+00:00 http://www.westminsterlibdems.org.uk/news/000140/over_600_sign_up_to_save_marylebone_farmers_market.html A 631-signature petition in support of Marylebone Farmers' Market has been submitted to Westminster City Council's consultation on the future of Moxon Street car park, the site of the market. 2008-09-09T13:29+00:00