http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Shepway Liberal Democrats en-GB Shepway Liberal Democrats http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Shepway Liberal Democrats 2010-03-19T19:32+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001811/shepway_named_as_one_of_the_worst_5_councils_in_country_at_affordable_homes.html Housing charity Shelter has named Shepway as the 319th worst Council in the Country in its affordable housing league table - out of 323! 2010-03-19T15:33+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001810/west_hythe_worries_as_kcc_cant_fund_traffic_scheme.html Residents are concerned as vehicles continue to speed along West Hythe Road. Following a meeting with Kent Highways it became clear the funding of a traffic calming scheme would prove difficult. Even providing a modern and inexpensive, solar-powered vehicle speed indicator will not be forthcoming from the County funds. 2010-03-19T11:36+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001809/prater_and_dean_push_for_fuller_disclosure_of_kent_county_council_expenditure.html Liberal Democrat County Councillors Tim Prater and Trudy Dean have submitted a motion to the next full Kent County Council meeting calling for all items of revenue expenditure by the Council above £1,000 to be published. The proposals mirror the actions of the Greater London Authority, who took a similar step after Mayor Boris Johnson was elected. 2010-03-17T17:48+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001807/lib_dems_trounce_conservative_and_labour_in_south_kent_college_poll.html Following an election hustings meeting on Monday 15th March at South Kent College in Folkestone, a ballot of students saw Liberal Democrat Candidate Lynne Beaumont win a landslide victory, with more votes than Labour and Conservatives combined. 2010-03-16T21:00+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001806/government_puts_lydd_airport_expansion_plans_put_on_hold.html The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has made the decision to put a hold on Shepway District Council issuing planning permission for the expansion of Lydd Airport. 2010-03-16T18:08+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001808/funding_for_kent_autistic_trust_secured_for_next_five_years.html Kent Autistic Trust has been successful in a Big Lottery Bid and has received a grant to fund both its Family Support Officer posts for five years from 1st April 2010. 2010-03-16T18:06+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001805/sandgate_society_event_apollo13_remembered.html On March 17th at 7.30pm, Reg Turnill will be at the Chichester Memorial Hall, Sandgate, giving an account of how Apollo 13 was crippled by an explosion on the way to the moon in 1970, as told by the BBC correspondent who was there as the excitement unfolded. 2010-03-15T16:18+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001802/longest_serving_tory_in_europe_joins_the_liberal_democrats.html Edward McMillan-Scott, the Conservative’s most senior MEP, has joined the Liberal Democrats. 2010-03-12T21:50+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001799/natural_england_requests_call_in_of_planning_permission_decision_for_lydd_airport.html Natural England has written the Government Office of the South East (GOSE) requesting that Shepway District Council's resolution to grant planning permission for the London Ashford Airport (LAA) at Lydd be 'called in' for decision by the Secretary of State. 2010-03-12T14:31+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001800/welcome_cut_to_red_tape_for_south_easts_small_businesses.html South East England's Lib Dem Euro MPs have both welcomed today's European Parliament vote in favour of exempting struggling small businesses from producing onerous annual accounts. 2010-03-11T11:30+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001803/reduce_your_post_and_phone_calls.html 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. 2010-03-11T08:32+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001798/kent_county_council_youth_opportunity_fund_grants_to_shepway_200910.html The following grants were made from the Youth Opportunities Fund for Shepway projects. As a County Councillor, I've had no say in any of these bids or grants, but thought they may be of interest! 2010-03-11T08:29+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001797/cheriton_and_morehall_police_and_psco_update_february_2010.html Cheriton and Morehall Police and PSCO team of Mark Ball, Keith Samsun and Gavin Rolfe have emailed an update of their activities in February 2010, and details of forthcoming Surgery dates. 2010-03-11T08:07+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001801/welcome_cut_to_red_tape_for_south_easts_small_businesses.html South East England's Lib Dem Euro MPs have both welcomed today's European Parliament vote in favour of exempting struggling small businesses from producing onerous annual accounts. 2010-03-10T17:00+00:00 http://www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001796/rspb_speaks_out_again_on_lydd_airport_development.html RSPB blogpost on Romney Marsh and Dungeness: "Shepway District Council's decision has increased the risk that the airport expansion will be the next development to batter this fragile environment" http://tinyurl.com/yjvdq9w 2010-03-09T13:03+00:00