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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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Lynne Beaumont

Linda Doesn't Live Here, Any More

Councillors in Shepway have reacted with astonishment at the news that the official magazine of Shepway District Council, "Shepway Today", has given the address of Cllr Linda Oliver, as North Road, Hythe, when she now lives in Bath.

12 Mar 2008
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Budget is a great green cop out

Today's budget is a green cop out which kicks the difficult decisions on environmental taxes into the long grass and offers no help to the millions of hard pressed families struggling to make ends meet, according to Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg.

12 Mar 2008
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Lib Dem logo bird projected on blockwork

Budget is a 'Great Green Cop-out' - Clegg

Today's Budget is a green cop out which kicks the difficult decisions on environmental taxes into the long grass, Nick Clegg has said. He also accused the Government of doing nothing to help millions of hard pressed families struggling to make ends meet. Among the proposals in what has been widely seen as a dull Budget are:

12 Mar 2008
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Sarah Teather MP, Paul Scrivens, Brian Paddick (Lib Dem candidate for Mayor of London), Jenny Randerson AM, Cllr Colin Eldridge, Munira Hassam and Lib Dem MPs

Thousands say: "Save Our Post Offices"

The Liberal Democrats have today presented a petition of over 50,000 signatures calling on Gordon Brown to reverse his Government's savage Post Office closure programme. In Shepway, 5 Post Offices have recently been axed and the main Folkestone Post Office will be closed with services moved to whsmith in Sandgate Road.

12 Mar 2008
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