Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats

Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park

30 Most Recent News Stories

School's state-of-the-art £1.8m scheme unveiled New!

Fri 25th Jul 2008

• A NEW £1.8m Learning Resource Centre at Hampton Community College will be officially unveiled next week.

Local schools shine at London Teaching Awards New!

Fri 25th Jul 2008

• THREE local primary schools have been recognised for their excellence at the prestigious London Teaching Awards 2008, held on 1 July.

Local schools shine at London Teaching Awards New!

Fri 25th Jul 2008

• THREE local primary schools have been recognised for their excellence at the prestigious London Teaching Awards 2008, held on 1 July.

International recognition for Council's frontline services New!

Fri 25th Jul 2008

• THE South Australian Shadow Minister for Disability, Stephen Wade, visited the borough this week to learn first-hand about the Council's new approach to Social Services funding.

State-of-the-art health care centre moves step closer New!

Fri 25th Jul 2008

• A SCHEME for a major new health care centre in the borough moved a step closer last night (7 July) when Richmond Council's Cabinet agreed to the sale of Council-owned land for the project.

Richmond students score top marks in sport New!

Fri 25th Jul 2008

• RICHMOND'S primary and secondary school students are achieving top marks in sports and physical education - with more youngsters across the borough involved in sports and physical activity than ever before.

Sir Trevor McDonald to switch on Community TV New!

Fri 25th Jul 2008

• SIR Trevor McDonald will launch the new Richmond upon Thames Community Television service on Thursday 17 July at the RFU in Twickenham.

Cable on the cost of living New!

Thu 24th Jul 2008

• ' . . THERE are now substantial amounts of unsold property . . which social landlords . . could acquire at a very substantial discount and make available for rent on the basis of need.'

Cable on Solicitors (Conduct) New!

Thu 24th Jul 2008

• ' . . LAST year Citizens Advice had 300,000 cases with a legal dimension referred to it, a quarter of which involved the conduct of the solicitors involved.'

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Cable quizzes Lewis New!

Thu 24th Jul 2008

• 'IS the Minister actively promoting the Sunderland model of social enterprise . . ?'

Harvey quizzed on Portcullis House New!

Thu 24th Jul 2008

• ' . . HOW many basins there are in Portcullis House; and how many of them do not have plugs?'

Clegg quizzes Brown on Iraq New!

Thu 24th Jul 2008

• 'I WELCOME, of course, the proposal to bring our troops out of Iraq.'

Goldsworthy on Housing (Disabled Children) New!

Thu 24th Jul 2008

• ' . . 770,000 CHILDREN in the UK have a disability . . '

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Clegg quizzes Brown

Tue 22nd Jul 2008

• ' . . DOES the right hon. Gentleman agree that we now have a two-tier health system in which millions of mental health patients are being left behind?'

Browne on the 10p tax rate

Tue 22nd Jul 2008

• ' . . I GIVE credit to the right hon. Member for Birkenhead, who was one of the, I think, eight Labour MPs who did not sign the Prime Minister's nomination papers-

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Goldsworthy quizzes Kennedy on the 10p tax rate

Tue 22nd Jul 2008

• 'WILL he also take into consideration the other issues, besides the changes to the 10p rate, that are affecting the losers?'

Harvey and Hughes on the Review of Members Allowances

Tue 22nd Jul 2008

• ' . . endorses . . a robust system of scrutiny for parliamentary allowances and . . improved audit . . '

Nick Harvey MP for North Devon (photography: Liberal Democrats)

Goldsworthy quizzes Flint on eco-towns

Tue 22nd Jul 2008

• ' . . THE imposition of eco-towns against the will of the local community and its elected representatives . .'

Baker and Hunter quiz Kelly on biofuels

Tue 22nd Jul 2008

• ' . . WE should not throw out the biofuel baby with the bathwater, as some apparently would wish . . '

Willott quizzes Purnell on Welfare Reform

Tue 22nd Jul 2008

• ' . . MAY I recommend that the Secretary of State implements the Liberal Democrat policy of a single working age benefit?'

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Council top for tax collection

Sun 20th Jul 2008

• FOR the third year in a row Richmond Council is the most efficient authority in London when it comes to collecting Council Tax.

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Pupils raced to learn about sustainability

Sun 20th Jul 2008

• SIX teams designed, built and raced model solar cars in the first ever borough Primary School Solar Car Challenge held on Friday 11 July.

Bike Week event "a huge success"

Sun 20th Jul 2008

• A special event staged by Richmond Council to mark National Bike Week was hailed as a "huge success."

Bakers quizzes Kelly

Sun 20th Jul 2008

• ' WHEN are the Government going to get off the fare escalator, abandon the RPI formula and give fare-paying passengers a fair deal?'

Howarth on the Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill

Sun 20th Jul 2008

• 'THERE is a balance to be struck between two serious threats to the rule of law. First, we have heard a great deal about the intimidation of witnesses . . '

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Huhne on the Annual Report of the Intelligence and Security Committee

Fri 18th Jul 2008

• ' . . I WOULD particularly like to pay tribute to the work of my right hon. Friend Sir Alan Beith on the Committee. Members might be aware that he is not present today because he is recovering from successful treatment for a heart problem . . '

Chris Huhne

Cable and Reid on Fuel Duty

Thu 17th Jul 2008

• ' . . I DO not know whether the decision was made because of the by-election or because of general political panic . . '

Alan Reid MP for Argyll and Bute (photography: Liberal Democrats)

Clegg, Swinson , Baker, and Carmichael quiz the PM

Thu 17th Jul 2008

• ' . . WHEN will the Prime Minister accept that a winter of discontent is just around the corner?'

Burstow and Mulholland on dementia

Thu 17th Jul 2008

• ' . . MY interest in the issue [comes] from the contact that I have had with families in my constituency who are living, perhaps I should say struggling, with the consequences of dementia.'

Nick Clegg revamps Lib Dems' party structure to take control from committees

Wed 16th Jul 2008

• NICK Clegg is giving himself unprecedented powers over the Liberal Democrats in the most wide-ranging revision of the party since its formation in 1988, The Times has learnt.

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