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Scandal of 4000 empty houses in Kensington & Chelsea
Mon 18th Jan 2010
Figures released by the Liberal Democrats have shown there are 4,000 empty homes in Kensington & Chelsea and over 760,000 empty properties across England which are no longer used as homes but can be brought back into use with some investment. The Liberal Democrats have set out new plans to bring empty homes back into use, making homes available for people who need them and creating 65,000 jobs across the country.
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Kensington & Chelsea Core Strategy: tick-box consultation, unjustified policies
Thu 10th Dec 2009
The Kensington & Chelsea Liberal Democrats have made a formal submission to the Planning Inspectorate, objecting to the final version of the Council's Core Strategy, the list of policies that are supposed to guide the Council for the next twenty years. The Liberal Democrats argue that the Core Strategy fails one of the Inspectorate's key legal tests of soundness on at least three counts.
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Kensington & Chelsea Lib Dems join Nick Clegg on the Wave
Sat 5th Dec 2009
On Saturday 5th December, Robin Meltzer, the Liberal Democrat campaigner for the new constituency of Kensington, led a team of local members and supporters to meet Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg at the Copenhagen Wave. The Wave was a day of action in London including a march on Parliament to publicise the importance of the Copenhagen summit on climate chaos.
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"There is no guarantee in life": Labour's extraordinary snub to Portobello traders
Thu 3rd Dec 2009
The Labour Party in Kensington has been strongly criticised for brushing aside complaints from worried local traders and shopkeepers about the effect of the Western Extension of the Congestion Charge on trade in the Portobello area. Referring to the concerns of local traders, one Labour councillor said in the Council Chamber on 2nd December: "Capitalism is a risk game. There's no guarantee in life."
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Carol Caruana calls for Portobello to be a "shopper's paradise" once again
Fri 20th Nov 2009
Carol Caruana, Liberal Democrat councillor for the Portobello area of Notting Hill has called for the protection of local shops, including a wholesale change of policy on business rates which are crippling smaller shops. Councillor Caruana has submitted a response to the London Assembly Planning and Housing Committee who are reviewing planning policy measures designed to protect London's small shops.
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I only used your Bentley to save money on taxis, claims local Tory leader
Thu 12th Nov 2009
In his latest excuse for the unusual use of the publicly owned Mayoral Bentley, Kensington & Chelsea Council Leader Merrick Cockell has said that he only used the car "to save the cost of taxis". The surprising claim came in a statement prepared by the Council for the Hammersmith & Kensington Times in response to an article published today entitled 'Town hall chief is blasted over trips'.
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K&C expenses saga covered in Private Eye
Wed 11th Nov 2009
The saga of the expenses of Conservative Council leader Merrick Cockell has been covered by Private Eye in their latest issue (13 Nov - 26 Nov). The story features prominently on their Rotten Boroughs page. The article mentions the dossier handed to the District Auditor by Robin Meltzer, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary campaigner for Kensington.
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Lib Dems hand over evidence of Council Leader's expenses to District Auditor
Tue 3rd Nov 2009
Robin Meltzer, the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for Kensington, has written formally to the District Auditor regarding the expenses of Councillor Merrick Cockell, the Conservative Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. The matter had been referred to the District Auditor by Michael O'Higgins, the Chairman of the Audit Commission, to whom Mr Meltzer had expressed concerns about the appointment of Councillor Cockell to the Commission.
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Robin Meltzer, Lib Dem Kensington spokesperson, challenges Cockell's appointment to Audit Commission
Wed 28th Oct 2009
As reported in today's Evening Standard, Robin Meltzer, the Liberal Democrat prospective Parliamentary candidate for the new constituency of Kensington, has written to the Chairman of the Audit Commission to express concerns about the appointment to the Commission of Councillor Merrick Cockell. Councillor Cockell is the leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and Chairman of London Councils.
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"I hate to say it, but only one party leader seems to have grasped that, if you construct a system where unskilled people are worse off by taking a job than by staying on welfare, they remain trapped in poverty - and that is Nick Clegg. "
Lord Norman Tebbit
Daily Telegraph online - 13 Jan
"It's unbelievable that the Tories are still planning to cut taxes for a handful of millionaires when the majority of people across the country are feeling the squeeze. We need fair tax cuts that put money back in the pockets of ordinary people. The Tory sums simply do not stack up. It is irresponsible and highly misleading for George Osborne to continue to pretend that they do. "
Vince Cable MP
Responding to Conservative Spending Plans - 4 Jan
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