Chigwell Row- Update
The Liberal Democrat FOCUS Team have taken up the following local issues:
31 Aug 2008
Challenging Immigration Detention and Surviving Post-release Destitution
A free training day organised by Kent Refugee Help on Saturday 27th September from 11 am - 4 pm. The programme will focus on release on bail from immigration detention, the role of sureties in the immigration courts and ongoing support once people are released from detention.
29 Aug 2008
Cobbled area not fit for purpose says Fuller
Local Lib Dem campaigner Gary Fuller has condemned the damaged cobbled area which it is believed is meant to discourage pedestrians from walking into the road at Middleburg Square as unfit for purpose.
29 Aug 2008
Post Office closures
In the last week of August the Post Office announced plans to close the Newhampton Road West Post Office. The nearest post office would be at the Avion Centre. The Royal Mail claimed that the Newhampton Road West Post Office served an average of just 750 to 999 customers a week where as the Avion Centre Post Office serves twice that number and most offices three times as many.
29 Aug 2008
Possible Council U-Turn on Post Office Charge Could be too Little, too Late for Threatened Branches say Lib Dems
The abolition of the charge that Bedford Borough Council has forced upon residents paying their council tax bills at the post office since 2006 has moved a step closer after the Mayor bowed to pressure and declared his support for a review of the policy.
29 Aug 2008
LIB DEMS PROMOTE COASTAL TOURISM
Liberal Democrats in North Yorkshire County Council are calling on the county's coastal MPs to support a campaign to promote British seaside holidays.
29 Aug 2008