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London Elections 2008
Mike Tuffrey, Dee Doocey and Caroline Pidgeon have been elected as the Liberal Democrat Members of the London Assembly.
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Thu 22nd May 2008
Haringey Liberal Democrats have questioned the lessons learnt from Haringey Council's full investigation into abandoned confidential files. It has been revealed that more confidential records, which had been requested by Lib Dems to be removed, still remained in a Crouch End housing estate. Last year, Cllr Lyn Weber requested that the files dumped in a community room in the Colwick Estate were immediately cleared and personal records secured however, after an estate visit this week, the files were still present. Liberal Democrats have criticised the Council for once again failing to secure residents' personal files and have demanded a review of the independent investigation.
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Read "New confidential records scandal opens as Council fails again to secure files" in full
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Tue 20th May 2008
Haringey Liberal Democrats have reacted with incredulity at Labour councillor Sheila Peacock's suggestion to raise money for the mayor's charity by selling the honour of the Freedom of the Borough for £100. At last night's Council Annual General Meeting when nominating Labour's mayoral candidate, Cllr Peacock said in return "for £100 and tea with the Mayor" residents could be given the honour.
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Read "Liberal Democrats say no to Labour's local 'cash for honours' scheme" in full
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Tue 20th May 2008
The streets of Alexandra ward in Haringey will soon be blighted by ugly grey boxes if the Council gives the green light to a raft of applications to install Royal Mail pouch boxes. Pouch boxes, used to store mail for onward delivery, will likely now be used more frequently after many local Post Offices are faced with closure. Residents and Liberal Democrat councillor Wayne Hoban expressed their concerns with Haringey Council and Royal Mail after five such planning applications were submitted to the Council in one week.
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Read "Post Office closures create 'flood' of pouch box applications" in full
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Tue 20th May 2008
Government cuts in funding will mean "dramatic" falls in local adult education numbers this year as support is withdrawn for all students and courses which do not fit the Government's priority for apprenticeships and formal skill training. Many part-time and vocational qualifications will have to close. Also lack of any indication from the Government as to how much money is available means that some colleges - but not yet Richmond - are having to issue redundancy notices to all their staff.
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Read "Further 'Savage' Cuts in Adult Education Foreseen" in full
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Tue 20th May 2008
A national survey of patient satisfaction with hospitals shows that there is a big gulf in public ratings of quality between the popular and highly rated hospitals like the Royal Marsden cancer hospital and some of the less regarded district general hospitals, particularly those in London. Ealing was rated the worst of 165 hospitals surveyed; the West Middlesex was in the bottom 20%; and Kingston was just above the 20% band, but below average.
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Read "Big Gap in Hospital Provision" in full
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"Holding someone without charge for 42 days adds nothing of value to the investigation, prosecution or conviction of terrorists. "
Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General Lord (Martin) Thomas
Comment ahead of the Second Reading of the Counter-Terrorism Bill in the House of Lords - 8 July
"Opponents of Mugabe's regime are at serious risk of being tortured or killed if they are sent back to Zimbabwe. I am dismayed that the Home Office seems intent on pushing ahead with deportations at the earliest opportunity. "
Chris Huhne, Lib Dem Home Affairs Spokesman
www.libdems.org.uk - 8 July
"Schools' performance in recognising and tackling homophobia should be an assessed criterion in Ofsted school inspections. "
Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg
www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - 7 July
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