http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Runnymede and Weybridge Lib Dems en-GB Runnymede and Weybridge Lib Dems http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Runnymede and Weybridge Lib Dems 2008-11-22T06:09+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000015/why_vote_lib_dem_in_runnymede_in_may_2007.html Alan Whiteley Lib Dem candidate in Englefield Green East writes: 2007-04-30T11:18+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000014/why_vote_lib_dem_in_weybridge_may_2007.html Candidate for Weybridge North writes 2007-04-30T10:05+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000013/englefield_green_county_byelection_result.html Turnout 16.2% (2005 48.9%) 2006-11-27T23:06+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000011/parking_under_control_in_weybridge.html At last, after years of wrangling, charges are being introduced in all the council owned car parks. Charges have been operating successfully in the Weybridge town centre car for many years. They are now extended to Oatlands. Charging in the York Road car park will follow later this year. 2006-04-18T22:22+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000010/primary_care_trust_out_of_focus.html The responses from local residents to the Primary Care Trust's (PCT) proposals for Weybridge hospital were certainly robust and it looks as if they have made an impression. 2006-04-18T22:18+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000009/a_greener_campaign_in_weybridge_south.html GREENER 2006-04-18T22:15+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000008/pamela_von_reibnitz_to_fight_weybridge_south_election.html Pamela Von Reibnitz, who is standing as the Liberal democrat candidate for the Weybridge South ward, has lived in the area for 34 years. She is married to a teacher and they have two grown-up children who both went to local schools. 2006-04-18T22:10+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000007/thank_you.html Thank you so much to all of you supported us during the election campaign in 2005, especially our dedicated team of deliverers and canvassers, not to mention the County Council candidates who gave up their free time in the name of local democracy. 2006-04-18T22:07+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000006/henry_bolton_appointed_as_parliamentary_candidate.html RUNNYMEDE & WEYBRIDGE LibDems have chosen HENRY BOLTON as their Parliamentary Candidate. As MP, Henry would fight for improved public services, fairer taxation and the abolition of tuition fees. He believes voters have lost trust in the current government following British involvement in the war in Iraq. 2005-04-23T22:08+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000005/libdems_launch_fullycosted_manifesto.html The Liberal Democrats plan to make savings from existing government budgets to fund most of our proposals at this election, according to Matthew Taylor, Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party, in the 2005 Election Manifesto. This means switching around £5 billion each year from low-priority government programmes in order to fund our key proposals. Savings include: 2005-04-21T21:14+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000004/liberal_democrats_offer_real_alternative_on_pension_reform.html According to Henry Bolton, the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Runnymede & Weybridge, there is a real need to introduce a pension that ends means testing for the oldest pensioners and removes discrimination against women. He says, "Women should be entitled to a pension in their own right. The LibDems would address this immediately once in power." 2005-04-21T20:42+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000003/flood_risk_info_essential_for_public_awareness_of_climate_change.html Commenting on the launch of an online map to tell homeowners about flooding risks in England and Wales, Norman Baker MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, said: 2004-10-07T22:26+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000001/kennedy_launches_general_election_premanifesto.html Liberal Democrat Leader Charles Kennedy today launched the Liberal Democrat Pre-manifesto - the first important stage in the manifesto process, which will take the Party into the General Election. 2004-09-14T00:00+00:00 http://www.runnymedeandweybridgelibdems.org.uk/news/000002/liberal_democrats_launch_policing_proposals.html Under new Liberal Democrat proposals police chiefs would sign contracts with local communities setting out how many officers they would deploy. The "minimum policing guarantees" would set funding levels for local police for a rolling three-year period. The guarantees are part of the party's new plans to tackle crime. The plans include using money earmarked for the government's ID card plan to hire an extra 10,000 front line police and 20,000 community support officers. 2004-09-13T00:00+00:00