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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Thu 18th Feb 2010
Liberal Democrats have voiced their disappointment that Conservatives at Suffolk County Council have decided not to challenge National Grid on their flawed pylon consultation.
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Thu 18th Feb 2010
Liberal Democrats have today called for an urgent review of staffing numbers at Suffolk County Council as they highlight the shock increase of more than 500 staff in the last year.
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Tue 2nd Feb 2010
Liberal Democrats will be challenging a decision by Suffolk's ruling Conservatives to recommend a route of electricity pylons through the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Thu 15th Oct 2009
The Liberal Democrat Councillor for Thedwastre South, Penny Otton, has spoken of her disappointment over the lack of support from Suffolk County Council on the flooding issue at the A14 Beyton underpass.
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Fri 9th Oct 2009
Liberal Democrats at Suffolk County Council have reiterated their objections to the proposals to build waste incinerators at five possible sites in Suffolk. The County Council has been consulting on the Waste Strategy for the County, and the consultation ended on the 9th of October.
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Tue 15th Sep 2009
Liberal Democrats in Suffolk have welcomed the halt in the closure of Middle Schools, announced yesterday by Suffolk County Council.
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Tue 8th Sep 2009
Suffolk County Council Liberal Democrats can today reveal that the County Council has spent £208,263 on 'gagging orders' for its own staff since the 1st of January 2008.
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Fri 14th Aug 2009
Improvements to the Copdock Mill roundabout have been put on hold after costs of the scheme escalated. The scheme was being paid for by Hutchison Ports as part of the planning conditions for the extension of Felixstowe Port.
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Thu 13th Aug 2009
In May this year the Highways Agency announced that they would carry out a safety study of the A12 South of Ipswich, following a spate of accidents between the East Bergholt Four Sisters junction and the Essex border. This study was announced following a request from local Liberal Democrat councillors Sue Carpendale and Kathy Pollard.
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Thu 30th Jul 2009
The Suffolk County Council Liberal Democrats are urging all councils, public sector bodies, charities and businesses in Suffolk, to switch to using only cage-free eggs.
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Mon 20th Jul 2009
Liberal Democrats have highlighted the need for an early warning system to let the public and health scrutiny councillors know when services are likely to be moved from Suffolk hospitals to other locations.
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Fri 17th Jul 2009
Yesterday at Suffolk County Councils Resources, Finance and Performance Scrutiny Committee Councillors agreed to bring business mileage back to the committee for scrutiny 3 years after Councillor Andrew Cann first raised the issue.
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Fri 10th Jul 2009
The Liberal Democrats have launched an online petition against the proposed incinerator in Suffolk. The Group has taken a stand against the County Councils preferred option of a waste burning incinerator to dispose of not only Suffolk's waste, but we assume London's as well as this is in the waste plan.
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Thu 25th Jun 2009
Liberal Democrats on Suffolk County Council have announced their front bench team, now that they are the official opposition on the council. Their line up is:
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Mon 1st Jun 2009
Councillor Kathy Pollard has warned that there will be long tailbacks on the Northbound A12 if the Highways Agency's current proposals for the Copdock Mill roundabout go ahead. Mrs Pollard, who is the Lib Dem councillor for the area, has called on the Highways Agency to reconsider this part of the proposed improvement scheme.
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Wed 13th May 2009
Liberal Democrats in Suffolk have today officially launched their manifesto for the forthcoming County Council elections on June 4th. They have announced a list of "Six to Fix" which are:
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Thu 23rd Apr 2009
The Liberal Democrats are today cautiously optimistic at the news that the Highways agency are conducting a study into possible safety improvements on the A12 between Stratford St. Mary and East Bergholt.
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Thu 16th Apr 2009
A leading Liberal Democrat and veteran road safety campaigner has called on the Highways Agency to declare if it has any plans to reduce accidents on the A14 trunk road following another fatal accident on the road on Easter Monday.
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Fri 27th Mar 2009
Liberal Democrats have called for a halt to the programme of Middle School closures. Speaking at a meeting of the County Council this week Lib Dem group leader Kathy Pollard said that the risks of proceeding were now too great to continue.
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Tue 17th Mar 2009
Liberal Democrats are calling on the Highways Agency to take action after further accidents on the A12 South of Ipswich caused delays last week.
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