Author Archives: Martin Tod

Conservative Mates must choose between Europhobes and keeping people safe – David Goodall

Liberal Democrat Police and Crime Commissioner candidate David Goodall has challenged Conservative candidate Michael Mates to back measures that help local police catch criminals who flee overseas, tackle cross-border crime and kick out foreign criminals convicted in the UK. These …

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Liberal Democrats welcome news of M3/A34 junction improvements

Liberal Democrats have welcomed the news that £400,000 is to be spent improving the A34/M3 Jn 9 junction in Winnall. The Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin announced the investment on October 8. The money will be spent reducing …

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Thank you for supporting our campaign against the NHS Bill

Thank you to the many people who supported our NHS campaign: The  people who signed the petition The 204 conference representatives’ signatures who backed our emergency motion. The 9 local parties that backed the motion: Shrewsbury and Atcham Liberal Democrats, …

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Good news for basic rate taxpayers as they see their tax bills reduced by up to £540

Basic rate taxpayers will be see their tax bills reduced by up to £540 by next April thanks to a big win for the Lib Dems in this year’s budget. For the third year in a row the basic income …

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Thank you for your support – now we’re off to Conference!

Thank you to everyone who has supported our campaign so far. So far we have more than  signatures on the petition and  conference representatives’ signatures on the emergency motion. In addition, our emergency motion was backed by the following local …

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NHS Bill Emergency Motion goes live

Our emergency motion against the NHS Bill has now gone live. If you are a Liberal Democrat Conference Representative, please sign up!

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Campaign against the NHS Bill – national coverage

The Lib Dems against the NHS Bill campaign is starting to get national coverage. Thank you to the more than Lib Dems who have backed our campaign. Local party member, Martin Tod, has featured on the BBC Westminster Hour and the BBC …

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Come and join Shirley Williams at our Annual Dinner

Shirley Williams will be our guest of honour at our dinner on March 23rd at the Holiday Inn on Morn Hill, just outside Winchester next to Intech. Tickets cost £30 for members and £35 for non-members. Lifts to the Holiday …

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Thank you to the Lib Dems backing our NHS campaign

Thank you to the more than Lib Dems who have backed our campaign to get the party’s leadership to withdraw support for Andrew Lansley’s NHS Bill. If you are a Liberal Democrat member and would like to support the campaign, …

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Excellent interview with Nick Clegg on phone-hacking

Excellent discussion between Nick Clegg MP and Julian Huppert MP on the subject of phone-hacking and the media.

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