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ARE YOU FLIPPING ANGRY ?

Sun 7th Jun 2009

Local Labour MP Mr James Purnell - The Work & Pensions Secretary has resigned from Gordon Browns Government following recent allegations in the Daily Telegraph about his expenses claims and the ongoing internal Labour party debate into who is best to lead them into the next General Election.

Clegg: No summer holiday before the overhaul

Wed 27th May 2009

Warm words and rhetoric are easy. We must seize the mood and enact a radical programme of reform within 100 days.

Davey: Farage must explain UKIP’s missing millions

Mon 25th May 2009

Edward Davey is writing to UKIP Leader Nigel Farage challenging him to publish his MEPs’ expense claims and to account for their shameful record of voting for perks and secrecy in the European Parliament.

Europe 2009: Stronger Together Poorer Apart

Tue 12th May 2009

Times are tough in Britain. The recession is hitting people and families hard: tens of thousands losing their jobs, businesses going to the wall, and every week hundreds losing their homes.

Government defeated on Liberal Democrat motion on Gurkha rights

Thu 30th Apr 2009

Victory for cross-party alliance forces Government rethink over right to live in UK for Gurkhas who have fought for Britain

Local Lib Dems oppose destruction of regional news

Tue 4th Nov 2008

Local Liberal Democrats have expressed their concern at the loss of ITV regional news coverage. Last month ITV announced 1,000 job losses including a 40% cut in regional news staff to protect its £1 billion annual budget in the face of a worsening advertising market.

Lib Dem green conference comes to North West

Tue 30th Sep 2008

The Lib Dems annual environmental conference comes to Stockport on 18th & 19th October. The event is run by Green Lib Dems - the party's recognised environmental campaign group - and open to all Lib Dem Party Members. Registration costs from £25 to £45 depending how soon you book and whether you are a Green Lib Dems member.

Road Safety Update - get knocked down and you might get a safer crossing

Mon 15th Sep 2008

Tameside MBC have sent a reply in response to our query about road crossings. It leaves more questions than answers. We are a bit concerned that it appears that someone has to be injured before the council will consider improved pedestrian facilities at a junction. We would also like to know what a 'signallised junction' with pedestrian facilities attached really means. If it is just some traffic lights with the raised pavement but which have no green man facility then I think the statistics are very misleading because they are not adequate for crossing safely. We would also like to know what the 'audit commissions criteria for disabled access facilities' are. However, at least we have a response which gives us something to build on.

Green man pedestrian crossing

The Summer of Cycling

Sat 2nd Aug 2008

The Tameside Lib Dems have been doing a lot of cycling into central Manchester recently, sometimes using the Ashton canal towpath and sometimes Ashton Old Road. The weather has been a bit hit and miss but the British summer has been almost kind (well, at least the temperature has been hovering around 20). Overall though, it has shown how easy it is to cycle into Manchester but at the same time opened our eyes to the badly designed junctions (try crossing 3 lanes of busy traffic on a bike just so you can turn right) , terrible road/towpath surfaces and just how many drains there are to avoid when you are cycling in the gutters!! Canal towpaths are pushed by the council as a way to travel around by bike but the Ashton one would need a much better surface if it was used by more than a few bikes every day. At the moment it is more like an off road mountain bike track with deep puddles and ruts. The canal looks a bit too close for comfort on some of those bends! With a little bit of investment more people could be encouraged to use the bicycle as a way to get into the city. Cycling is maybe not something you want to do every day but if 10% of car journeys were replaced by cycle ones it would make a huge difference to congestion, the environment and your health. It will be interesting to see if anything comes out of Tameside's cycling review, at the moment the cycling strategy is nowhere to be seen.

Congestion Charge - It's up to you

Sat 2nd Aug 2008

Leaders of the 10 local councils in Greater Manchester have agreed that a public referendum should take place on the congestion charging proposals. The results will be broken down on a borough by borough basis and only if people in seven out of the 10 Greater Manchester authorities vote yes will congestion charges be imposed.

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