http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Kettering Liberal Democrats en-GB Kettering Liberal Democrats http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Kettering Liberal Democrats 2008-08-21T01:22+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000056/county_council_fails_to_meet_equality_standards.html 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. 2008-08-13T00:00+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000055/no_free_school_transport_for_sixth_formers_say_the_conservatives.html 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. 2008-07-11T14:52+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000054/protect_green_spaces_in_development_plans__lib_dems.html 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. 2008-07-02T17:52+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000053/publish_our_town_centres_report__kettering_lib_dems.html 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. 2008-07-01T16:01+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000052/key_weekley_and_warkton_bypass_unlikely_to_go_ahead__county_council.html 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. 2008-06-30T23:50+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000051/lib_dems_call_for_home_grown_teachers.html 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. 2008-06-23T22:49+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000050/town_centre_development_plans_show_an_urgent_need_for_joinedup_thinking__lib_dems.html Proposals to redevelop Kettering town centre show "an urgent need for joined-up thinking", Liberal Democrats have warned. 2008-06-11T22:06+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000049/local_people_deserve_to_have_their_say_campaigners_urge.html 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. 2008-06-10T13:32+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000048/east_kettering_development_plans_lack_sufficient_affordable_housing.html A planning application to build up to 5,500 homes to the east of Kettering has insufficient affordable homes, it has been revealed. 2008-05-23T08:00+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000046/lib_dems_call_for_allparty_decisions_on_the_running_of_new_schools.html 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. 2008-05-22T11:30+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000047/northamptonshire_needs_a_balanced_mix_of_schools_warn_lib_dems_in_education_policy_proposals.html Liberal Democrats have put forward proposals for Northamptonshire County Council to publish a new policy on secondary education for Northamptonshire, to achieve a balanced mix of different types of schools that provide a proper choice for parents. 2008-05-22T08:00+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000045/11_million_lowpaid_still_losing_out_after_labours_byelection_budget.html Local Liberal Democrats have accused the Government of panic over plans to tackle the effect of the "10p tax rate" fiasco on the low paid by rushing in measures to raise the personal tax allowance by £600 - despite the fact that 1.1 million of the lowest paid workers will remain worse off. 2008-05-14T23:48+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000044/reject_government_fudge_on_10p_tax_rate_cut_local_labour_politicians_urged.html Local Labour politicians have been urged speak out to help thousands of people on low incomes hit by the abolition of the 10p rate of income tax, as Liberal Democrat campaigners in Kettering slammed last-ditch Government concessions on the change as "an unworkable fudge". 2008-04-24T14:30+01:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000043/lib_dem_campaigners_hail_strong_performance_in_rothwell_byelection.html Local Liberal Democrat campaigners have hailed an "encouraging" performance in the Trinity by-election, after the party increased its share of the vote by more than two-thirds, amid falling support for both Labour and the Conservatives. 2008-03-29T17:58+00:00 http://www.ketteringlibdems.org.uk/news/000042/parents_and_children_have_a_right_to_know_details_of_schools_breaches_of_admissions_code.html Liberal Democrat campaigner Chris Nelson has called for Northamptonshire County Council to release the details of alleged breaches of a national admissions code for secondary schools, after the Kettering resident made a formal request for the information under the Freedom of Information Act. 2008-03-13T15:12+00:00