http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Woking Liberal Democrats en-GB Woking Liberal Democrats http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Woking Liberal Democrats 2010-03-11T17:01+00:00 United Kingdom http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000227/tory_social_care_poll_tax_will_only_help_the_wealthy__rosie.html Serious concerns have been raised about Conservative plans for an £8,000 payment for residential care after figures released today by the Liberal Democrats have revealed that 3.5m pensioner households (66%) do not have assets of £8,000 excluding their homes. 2010-03-11T13:32+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000224/rosie_says_the_tories_cannot_be_trusted_with_the_nhs.html On her blog Rosie Sharpley has criticised both the Tories and "blue Labour" for their policies on the NHS. Rosie has worked in the NHS most of her adult life and sees what's happening first hand. Here's the beginning of her post 2010-03-10T12:17+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000225/brown_is_leading_with_a_weak_hand.html "The Budget must clearly spell out where Labour intend to make spending cuts in order to tackle the budget deficit. All we have seen from the Prime Minister today is more waffle" said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor today. 2010-03-10T11:58+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000223/young_voters_should_register_says_rosie_sharpley.html Rosie Sharpley expressed concern today at the recent report by the Electoral Commission about voter registration. Rosie said "I was particularly concerned by the finding that 56% of people between the ages of 18-24 haven't registered. I can understand why young people are alienated from the political process at the moment, but I hope many will realise in time that this election does have great potential to change the politics of the UK for good. If elected I will vote for fair voting so that every vote in every election counts and we can end the two party duopoly of Tweedledum and Tweedledumber." 2010-03-06T08:56+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000222/bbc_using_6_music_and_the_asian_network_as_sacrificial_lambs_says_foster.html Commenting ahead of today’s publication of the BBC strategy which could see its website scaled back and radio stations 6 Music and Asian Network closed, Don Foster said: 2010-03-02T15:40+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000220/ashcroft_estimated_to_have_saved_127m_in_tax__huhne.html Lord Ashcroft is estimated to have saved more than £127m in British tax since he became a member of the House of Lords, according to Liberal Democrat research. 2010-03-02T12:00+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000221/tory_party_has_been_bought_like_a_banana_republic__huhne.html Commenting on Lord Ashcroft's admission that he is non-domiciled for tax purposes, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2010-03-02T10:00+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000219/rosie_backs_most_of_the_aims_of_power_2010.html Candidates are being asked to sign the POWER Pledge: 2010-03-01T16:01+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000217/tories_challenged_to_end_control_orders_hypocrisy_says_huhne.html Chris Huhne said: 2010-02-26T21:57+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000218/serious_questions_for_jack_straw_over_judges_torture_criticism_says_davey.html Commenting on the publication of a judge’s criticism of the security services, which stated that some officials ‘appear to have a dubious record when it comes to human rights and coercive techniques’, and that while ‘the good faith of the Foreign Secretary is not in question’, there is ‘an obvious reason for distrusting any UK Government assurance’ on mistreatment, Edward Davey said: 2010-02-26T18:06+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000216/growth_figures_welcome_but_british_economy_is_still_weak.html Responding to the news that the UK economy grew by 0.3% in the final three months of last year, faster than had been previously estimated, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said: 2010-02-26T12:05+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000214/osborne_is_out_of_his_depth_says_cable.html “Slashing spending now could push the economy back into recession and inflict further structural damage on the UK," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor. 2010-02-24T23:39+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000215/energy_firms_should_publish_their_profits_on_fuel_bills_says_hughes.html Energy firms would have to print the amount of profit they make on every fuel bill under an amendment to the Energy Bill tabled by the Liberal Democrats to be debated by MPs today. 2010-02-24T18:45+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000213/woking_tories_vote_against_joining_the_1010_campaign.html Cllr Denzil Coulson reports from Monday night's council meeting. 2010-02-23T08:56+00:00 http://wokinglibdems.org.uk/news/000210/local_campaigners_rail_survey.html The local Lib Dem team were at Woking station on 18 February distributing Rosie Sharpley's rail survey to early morning travellers.The survey asked passengers about how often they travel by train, how they get to the station and their experience at the station and on the train. "I look forward to hearing from passengers on their current experience of rail travel" said local Lib Dem candidate for MP Rosie Sharpley. "We carried out a similar survey last year" continued Rosie "and we found it an invaluable source of information on rail passengers' current experiences". 2010-02-21T14:56+00:00