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Liberal Democrats call for tax cuts to help beat recession

Sun 2nd Nov 2008

Liberal Democrats are calling for a cut in income tax for people on low and middle incomes to help them beat the looming recession.

 4p off income tax proposed by LibDems

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Good news for Church Street Market!

Thu 30th Oct 2008

Church Street Market may well be promoted in announcements on local buses, following pressure from Liberal Democrat London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon.

 Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon

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Welcome for small businesses action plan - local Liberal Democrats

Wed 29th Oct 2008

Liberal Democrats in Westminster are backing plans to help small businesses survive the looming recession.

 Nick Clegg and Vince Cable

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Sue Baring takes LibDems to best Lancaster Gate performance ever

Fri 24th Oct 2008

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.

 Liberal Democrat Sue Baring (photography: Stuart Bonar)

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Big questions hang over council's lost millions

Mon 13th Oct 2008

Conservative-run Westminster council has lost £17 million of taxpayers' money, which it had invested in Icelandic banks that have now collapsed.

 Iceland flag

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Westminster council to find new sites for Marylebone Farmers' Market

Sun 12th Oct 2008

Westminster council has set up a project group to find locations to which the Marylebone Farmers' Market could be moved, it has been revealed.

 Marylebone Farmers' Market sign (photography: Stuart Bonar)

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Local people feel the pinch

Wed 8th Oct 2008

Soaring prices of petrol, food and heating are hitting people hard across our area.

 Vince Cable MP and Sarah Ludford MEP with shopping baskets

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LibDems ask Mayfair residents what should replace US embassy

Tue 7th Oct 2008

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.

 American embassy in London (photography: Stuart Bonar)

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Find it hard to park? Now we know why

Sun 5th Oct 2008

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.

 Sue Baring supporting better parking for local residents (photography: Stuart Bonar)

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Tories cut bins budget as rubbish piles up

Thu 2nd Oct 2008

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.

 Sue Baring inspecting a big black bin on Queensborough Terrace (photography: Stuart Bonar)

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Liberal Democrat Sue Baring is by-election's ONLY local candidate

Wed 1st Oct 2008

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.

 Liberal Democrat Sue Baring on the Hallfield Estate (photography: Stuart Bonar)

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Liberal Democrats propose Economic Recovery Plan

Tue 30th Sep 2008

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".

 Vincent Cable MP

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Liberal Democrats in Westminster challenge local Conservatives on economy

Sat 27th Sep 2008

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.

 Money: a pile of UK / sterling coins /currency (2007) (photography: Ben Prescott)

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Battery Recycling Fiasco

Wed 24th Sep 2008

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.

 Liberal Democrat European spokeswoman Dinti Batstone with batteries

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Over 600 sign up to save Marylebone Farmers' Market

Tue 9th Sep 2008

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.

 Liberal Democrat campaigner Stuart Bonar with Marylebone Farmers' Market petition forms

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Sir Simon Milton's resignation likely to cost taxpayer £10,000

Sun 7th Sep 2008

The decision by Sir Simon Milton to resign as a councillor on Westminster City Council to take up a new job for the Mayor of London looks set to cost the taxpayer £10,000, according to records obtained under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.

 Liberal Democrat campaigner Sue Baring in Lancaster Gate ward (photography: Stuart Bonar)

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Local police should be free from government bureaucracy, say local Liberal Democrats

Sat 6th Sep 2008

Local Liberal Democrats are welcoming plans to free our police forces from the grip of central government control, bureaucracy and targets.

 A police station in Westminster (photography: Stuart Bonar)

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Westminster Liberal Democrats back action to save homes from repossession

Thu 4th Sep 2008

Plans to save local residents faced with the trauma of home repossession have been backed by local Liberal Democrats.

 Mortgages

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London Assembly LibDems back campaign to save Marylebone Farmers' Market

Thu 21st Aug 2008

The campaign to save Marylebone Farmers' Market and keep it in its current location has received a boost by winning the support of the Liberal Democrat members of the London Assembly.

 Greater London Assembly London City Hall (photography: Season Prater)

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Call for action on historic buildings at risk in Westminster

Thu 21st Aug 2008

The publication of a register highlighting the plight of historic buildings in Westminster has been welcomed by local Liberal Democrats.

 Local Liberal Democrat Mark Blackburn inspecting the broken railings around Crescent Gardens, on Park Crescent (photography: Stuart Bonar)

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