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Welcome to Sittingbourne and Sheppey Liberal Democrats
Welcome to the Sittingbourne and Sheppey Liberal Democrats web site. Swale Borough Council covers the Parliamentary Constituency of Sittingbourne and Sheppey, and part of the constituency of Faversham and Mid Kent.
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Thu 2nd Sep 2010
The regional party needs to make a number of changes to its constitution. Primarily, these are the result of changes made to the English Party's Constitution in July 2009. They relate to the relationship between the party and Liberal Democrat council groups, and came into effect immediately after the General Election. In particular, regional parties have been given the task of 'recognising' Liberal Democrat groups so that they can use the party's name. The majority of the changes to our constitution are in Sections 4 and 6.
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Thu 2nd Sep 2010
On Wednesday 8th September the European Parliament will vote on whether or not to ban scientific testing on great apes and wild-caught primates.
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Tue 31st Aug 2010
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of South East England Liberal Youth (SELY) will take place on October 23 at the Ratton School, Park Avenue, Eastbourne BN21 2XR between 1020 and 1120. The AGM will be taking place at the same venue as the South East England Liberal Democrats AGM, which can be attended for a price of £10 and starts a 0900.
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Thu 19th Aug 2010
South East MEP Sharon Bowles has pledged her support for a UK charitable foundation which hopes to restore rare WWI tanks in time for centenary commemorations in 2014.
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Written by Sarah Teather, Liberal Democrat MP for Brent Central and Minister of State for Children & Families and published in www.libdemvoice.org on Tue 27th Jul 2010
I came into politics to make a difference for the most disadvantaged in our society. It is over three years since I, as Liberal Democrat education spokesperson, championed the Pupil Premium as our flagship education policy and debated it at Conference. I never dared imagine a time when I would be unveiling it as Government policy and then actually implementing it. But this week, the Coalition Government announced that a Pupil Premium, funded from outside the schools budget, will be introduced next September. It will mean that from next year, schools taking disadvantaged children will get the additional money they need to provide them with the extra support they deserve, no matter where they are in the country. This could mean more individual tuition or catch-up classes, but it will be for the school to decide, we won't be telling headteachers how to spend the money.
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Thu 22nd Jul 2010
The EU's bank watchdog, The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), is to publish the results of its bank stress tests.
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Wed 14th Jul 2010
Sharon has called on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the South East to 'look to Europe' for business opportunities after a recently published report showed a positive link between exports and SME performance.
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| Sittingbourne & Sheppey General Election Result |
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Turnout: 48578 (65%)
50%
Conservative: 24313 (+8.3%)
24.6%
Labour: 11930 (−17.1%)
16.4%
Liberal Democrats: 7943 (+3.6%)
View the results in detail.
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The Council Tax is unfair and should be replaced with a fairer system based on the ability to pay.
View the results so far.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"How can you possibly take on such a large financial commitment as Trident without considering the military and political implications? If fierce cuts are to be made in Britain's conventional forces, surely we have to consider whether replacing Trident can be justified. "
Sir Menzies Campbell
Response to announcement that the Ministry of Defence will be responsible for the cost of replacing Trident - 30 July
"With most of their leadership contenders claiming to back AV for a fairer voting system, it is astonishing they now wish to block the legislation to make that happen. Each and every Labour MP campaigned on a manifesto committing to a referendum. Now they have the opportunity to make this happen but have chosen to say no for opposition's sake. "
Simon Hughes MP
Comment on Labour's decision to oppose legislation for a referendum on the alternative vote - 28 July
"With more than half of ASBOs breached in 2008, this was a policy more about posturing than effective policing. Local communities know that other measures, such as Acceptable Behaviour Contracts can nip problems in the bud before they escalate. "
Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Justice, Tom Brake MP
Commenting on speech by the Home Secretary in which she said it was 'time to move beyond Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) - 28 July
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