West Dorset
Liberal Democrats
Cllr Charles Royden with Kimbolton Road Phone Mast

Phoney mast fails to trick Brickhill residents

T-Mobile are seeking retrospective planning permission for a telephone mast in Kimbolton Road which is bigger than they had permission to erect and which they have put up in the wrong place. The mast was refused planning permission by the Borough Council but allowed on appeal by a government inspector. However T Mobile have put the mast in the wrong place, in spite of being repeatedly warned even when they were erecting the mast that they were about 2 metres out.

5 Nov 2007
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Hill farmers could be short changed yet again

Local MP Tim Farron has today been made aware of yet more evidence of maladministration at DEFRA concerning under-payment of the Hill Farm Allowance top-up, announced last month by Secretary of State Hilary Benn. Mr Benn announced that around £12m had been set aside to assist farmers who had lost out as a result of the foot and mouth outbreak this year. For HFA recipients, this top-up had been earmarked as 32% of their HFA payment. However Tim Farron has learned that one farmer who has been underpaid in his HFA payment would receive 32% of their incorrect payment, rather than 32% of the higher sum.

5 Nov 2007
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Lib Dem logo bird projected on blockwork

Government ID scheme already unravelling

Gordon Brown has demanded a review of the technology behind the proposed new ID cards, prompting opponents to warn that the £5.3bn ID cards scheme could be hit by the same problems that engulfed other Government IT projects.

5 Nov 2007
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End Election Fiasco

LIBERAL Democrats in Scarborough have called for the Prime Minister to be stripped of the power to decide the date of the general election.

5 Nov 2007
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