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Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

14 Sep 2022
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Vince Cable and the Liberal Democrats most trusted with the economy according to Wolverhampton residents

Park ward Liberal Democrats Jonathan Webber and Councillor Robin Lawrence undertook a survey of local residents last weekend. Almost 50% of local Park ward residents surveyed think Liberal Democrats Vince Cable and Nick Clegg should run the economy, with 86% supporting the Liberal Democrat policy of cutting Income Tax by 4p as the right approach in tackling Labour's economic downturn.

2 Dec 2008
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Christmas at the Folkestone Bandstand

The Leas at Folkestone will be alive with the sound of music on Friday 12 December when Shepway Council hosts its third Christmas bandstand carol concert, supported by Folkestone's Salvation Army Band and the Folkestone Herald.

2 Dec 2008
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Photo from March 2008 when Communities that Work was saved from Closure

Success -Communities that Work project raised from the dead like Lazarus!

This week (1st Dec) marks the start of the 8th month since we were able to save the Communities that Work project from closure on 31st March 2008. It is wonderful news that in its first six months alone the project exceeded its whole year targets for getting people back into work in areas of high unemployment like the Rother area.

2 Dec 2008
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Parliamentary Debates and Santa!

Recently a debate was held in Parliament on the threat to Britain's inland waterways posed by Government funding cutbacks. I took part in the debate so that I could highlight the fantastic job that has been achieved by local volunteers in Chesterfield. They have turned Chesterfield Canal from a stagnant ditch in 1979 (when I first lived at Tapton), into the thriving canal of today with working narrow boat and well used by walkers, cyclists, fishermen and birdwatchers. A linear green lung as I described it in Parliament.

PHMP
2 Dec 2008
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