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Welcome to Faversham and Mid Kent Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.
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Thu 11th Mar 2010
Fed up with receiving junk mail/calls? Rather than recycling or sending to landfill stop getting it in the first place, by registering your details to stop unwanted addressed post and telephone calls. You can also register with Royal Mail to stop them delivering unaddressed 'junk' mail.
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Written by John Kampfner, Editor of the New Statesman 2005 - 2008 on Tue 9th Mar 2010
Today I launched my pamphlet, Lost labours, with Nick Clegg. As somebody who has a long involvement with the Labour party, including editing the New Statesman magazine, I have been able to give a frank and honest appraisal of a decade and a half of New Labour. And in it I explain why I can no longer support them, and am instead turning to the Liberal Democrats.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
The Kent Lib Dem group has welcomed a move by Kent County Council to make it easier for residents to dispose of spent batteries responsibly by placing special boxes for old batteries in all its libraries.
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Fri 26th Feb 2010
Our Forecasting Centre, which we run with the Met Office, has told us there is a risk of coastal and river flooding in Kent over the next few days as a result of predicted heavy rainfall. Rising spring tides and rain falling on already saturated land could result in localised flooding. We wanted to advise you of that and let you know what we, and others, are doing.
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Thu 25th Feb 2010
The campaign to Keep Full Maternity at Maidstone Hospital has received a welcome and unexpected boost. Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidates for Faversham and Mid Kent and for Maidstone, Dave Naghi and Peter Carroll, met with the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP. An unscheduled meeting took place outside the Department of Health in Whitehall when Dave and Peter were handing in letters from over 3,000 local people opposing the downgrade.
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Written by Trudy Dean, Lib Dem Leader of the Opposition, Kent County Council and published in Letter to the Editor on Mon 22nd Feb 2010
It is understandable that KCC is concerned about the leak of a confidential document concerning a top officer's pay to the KM. However, I agree with the view of Caroline Spelman's Tory spokesman on Local Government who said this week that "Residents have a right to know how their council tax is being spent".
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Fri 19th Feb 2010
Lib Dems at Kent County Hall have called for all of KCC's £50million roadworks programme to be put out to competition from local firms. Currently much of KCC's £50 million annual spending on roads goes to their partner contractors Ringway without open competition.
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Thu 18th Feb 2010
Lib Dem County Councillors have proposed a package of cuts at County Hall which would result in no increase to current Council Tax bills, and which would have no effect on services to residents. In a package totalling £10.4 millions of savings, the Lib Dems proposed:
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Tue 16th Feb 2010
Work is about to start on the redevelopment of the disused bowling green in Park Wood.
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Tue 16th Feb 2010
Dave Naghi has reacted with anger to the recent loss of some direct commuter services to London.
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