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Welcome to the website of Kettering Liberal Democrats!
Welcome to the website of Kettering Liberal Democrats - inside you can find news, campaigns and other information about Liberal Democrat activities in and around Kettering constituency.
Using the menu on the left-hand side of your screen, you can also find out more about the work of Liberal Democrat representatives in Northamptonshire and about how you can tell your views or offer your support. You can also sign up to our email newsletter, so you can keep fully informed about what is going on in our area.
We hope you find this website useful - please bookmark this site and come back soon!
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Wed 13th Aug 2008
Northamptonshire County Council's Cabinet will this week be discussing a report on the Council's Equality Standard which states that the Council does not currently meet the requirements of Level 1 of the new frameworks for Equality Standard of Local Government.
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Fri 11th Jul 2008
There is to be no free "home to school transport" for the County's Sixth Form Students according to a response given by Cllr. Joan Kirkbride, Conservative Councillor for Education on Northamptonshire County Council to a question put by Cllr. John Yates, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesman on Northamptonshire County Council.
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Wed 2nd Jul 2008
Kettering Borough Council should take action to protect green space near the Ise Lodge and Barton Seagrave as a way of protecting community identity, campaigners have urged.
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Tue 1st Jul 2008
Liberal Democrat campaigners have reacted with dismay after Kettering Borough Council failed to publish in full a consultant's report on redeveloping Kettering town centre.
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Mon 30th Jun 2008
A key bypass for the villages of Weekley and Warkton - which many people deem to be an essential part of plans to build 5,500 homes in East Kettering - is unlikely to receive government funding, Northamptonshire County Council have revealed.
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Mon 23rd Jun 2008
Cllr. John Yates, Education Spokesman for the Liberal Democrat Group on Northamptonshire County Council is calling for the council to plan ahead to provide sufficiently qualified teachers for all the new schools that are being planned to be built in Northamptonshire over the next twenty years.
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Wed 11th Jun 2008
Proposals to redevelop Kettering town centre show "an urgent need for joined-up thinking", Liberal Democrats have warned.
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Tue 10th Jun 2008
Local residents have been urged to have their say on problems affecting their area, after Liberal Democrat campaigners began delivering a residents' survey to over 10,000 homes in and around Kettering.
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Fri 23rd May 2008
A planning application to build up to 5,500 homes to the east of Kettering has insufficient affordable homes, it has been revealed.
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Thu 22nd May 2008
Lib Dem Leader Councillor Brian Hoare is calling on Northamptonshire County Council to set up an all-party panel to decide as to who should be running the new schools that will be built in the county.
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"Holding someone without charge for 42 days adds nothing of value to the investigation, prosecution or conviction of terrorists. "
Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General Lord (Martin) Thomas
Comment ahead of the Second Reading of the Counter-Terrorism Bill in the House of Lords - 8 July
"Opponents of Mugabe's regime are at serious risk of being tortured or killed if they are sent back to Zimbabwe. I am dismayed that the Home Office seems intent on pushing ahead with deportations at the earliest opportunity. "
Chris Huhne, Lib Dem Home Affairs Spokesman
www.libdems.org.uk - 8 July
"Schools' performance in recognising and tackling homophobia should be an assessed criterion in Ofsted school inspections. "
Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg
www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - 7 July
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