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15 Most Recent News Stories
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Tue 30th Jun 2009
Local Liberal Democrats have welcomed the news that Birmingham City Council will only lend money to Warwickshire County Cricket Club for ground improvements at Edgbaston if certain conditions are met. This includes meaningful consultation with local residents on issues such as floodlighting, car parking and crowd management.
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Mon 15th Jun 2009
Local councillors have expressed disappointment about the demolition of the old Battery office building on Bristol Road and called for a good quality replacement when the site is developed. Although the Battery building was not listed, it was a local landmark.
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Mon 8th Jun 2009
Liz Lynne and the Liberal Democrats are celebrating her re-election to the European Parliament for a third term as our local MEP.
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Mon 1st Jun 2009
Liberal Democrats have called for real change to the political system after recent revelations about MPs' expenses.
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Tue 12th May 2009
Today Nick Clegg launched the Liberal Democrat European election campaign. In his speech he warned that Britain must lead within the EU to protect families from crime, climate change and the recession. Nick published the Party's European manifesto 'Stronger Together, Poorer Apart' in central London, and said:
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Wed 6th May 2009
Liz Lynne, the Lib Dem Euro MP for the West Midlands has today said she is saddened by Tory MEPs who voted today in support of a confusing new label for refrigerators.
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Wed 22nd Apr 2009
The Budget will do nothing for ordinary residents of Birmingham, who have been clobbered by rising food, fuel and transport prices, local Liberal Democrats have said.
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Tue 21st Apr 2009
A new Police portacabin was opened by Selly Oak Councillor Alistair Dow on Saturday 18 April 2009. Located in the car park of the Battery Retail Park on Chapel Lane (opposite Sainsburys), the new "cop shop" will be used as a base for the Neighbourhood Policing Team and a venue for Police surgeries.
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Fri 3rd Apr 2009
Liz Lynne, the Lib Dem Euro MP for the West Midlands, has called for a renewed focus on the treatment of childhood cancers during a visit to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham to tour the hospital's world class cancer unit.
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Tue 24th Mar 2009
Euro MP Liz Lynne and the West Midlands Liberal Democrats launched their European Election campaign at the regional party's spring conference held in Wolverhampton on Saturday.
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Fri 6th Mar 2009
Selly Oak councillors Robert Wright and Alistair Dow joined other Birmingham residents in the Edwardian Tearoom at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on Friday 6 March to eat Fairtrade bananas. This was part of a nationwide attempt to get into the Guiness Book of Records for the most Fairtrade bananas eaten in a day.
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Mon 16th Feb 2009
Liberal Democrat Euro - MP Liz Lynne has today warned that proposed changes to European Working Time laws backed by Labour MEPs could lead to dangerous shortages in fire cover across the UK.
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Wed 14th Jan 2009
Liberal Democrats in Selly Oak have expressed their delight that Liberal Democrat MP David Heath is bringing forward a parliamentary bill aimed at ending fuel poverty.
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Wed 3rd Dec 2008
Liz Lynne, the Lib Dem MEP and long time campaigner on disabled rights, has today said that more needs to be done, both in the UK, the others EU countries and in the rest of the world, to ensure people with disabilities are treated with dignity and respect.
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Sat 15th Nov 2008
The soaring cost of living has left us all feeling the pinch. But only one party is offering action to put more money in the pockets of local families.
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