Nick Clegg hails historic victory for Gurkhas
The Government suffered a symbolic defeat when MPs voted by 267 to 246 on a Liberal Democrat motion to give all Gurkha soldiers equal right of residence in Britain.
3 May 2009
Spelthorne News
Unable to vote on 4th June? Why not get a postal vote?
You can register to vote by post up until 5:00 PM on Tuesday 19th May. The link at the bottom of this article will take you to the postal voting form which you can print an then send into the Council.
3 May 2009
Spelthorne's Conservatives block motion deploring Surrey's one-star status
At a recent Spelthorne Borough Council meeting Liberal Democrat Councillors led a debate on the shocking failure of Conservative-controlled Surrey County Council to run its Children's services properly. Unfortunately the Conservative majority group refused to criticise Surrey and voted against the motion.
1 May 2009
Join the Battle for Waterloo
The old Eurostar platforms at Waterloo are currently unused whist commuters have to suffer overcrowded trains and insufficient services. Why not sign our petition to make these platforms available to South-West trains and to provide an improvement in service?
25 Apr 2009
The Liberal Democrat response to the Budget
The Labour Party have confirmed that they have run out of ideas and have condemned us to years of unemployment and a decade of debt. Their pick-and-mix budget of recycled announcements will do nothing to get us out of this recession and nothing that will help the poorest who are being hit hardest by it.
25 Apr 2009
How Liberal Democrats plan to make the tax system fairer
It is clear that this recession demands a radical overhaul of the British tax system. It remains scandalous that the richest in our country pay a lower share of their wealth in tax than the poorest. Liberal Democrats are demanding that both sides of this distorted equation be changed.
25 Apr 2009
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