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30 Most Recent News Stories
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Fri 30th Apr 2010
Last night was the final of the three televised Leaders' debates. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, debated with Gordon Brown and David Cameron about the economy. Subjects discussed included breaking up the banks, creating more jobs and reinvigorating the British economy.
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Wed 28th Apr 2010
On Thursday 29th April from 8.30pm, BBC One will host the final live Prime Ministerial Debate of the General Election from the Midlands. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in the run up to the General Election next Thursday.
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Fri 23rd Apr 2010
An average of five polls conducted immediately after the Sky TV Leaders Election debate on Thursday night put Nick Clegg as the winner, with all instant polls showing him ahead of Gordon Brown. After the Foreign Affairs-led debate from Bristol dominated by issues like Iraq, immigration and climate change, Nick Clegg won 3 of the 5 polls on the night, building on his position after the first debate.
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Wed 21st Apr 2010
The second Party Leaders Debate is taking place this Thursday starting at 8pm on Sky News. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in a TV debate in the run up to the General Election on May 6th, this time leading on Foreign Affairs.
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Fri 16th Apr 2010
The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats.
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Thu 15th Apr 2010
Tonight on ITV, Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will be going head to head in a TV debate. This is the first of three debates that will be taking place in the run up to the General Election on May 6th.
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Wed 14th Apr 2010
Nick Clegg has launched the Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto. The manifesto sets out four clear priorities of fair taxes, a fair chance for every child, a fair economy, and a fair deal by cleaning up politics.
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Mon 12th Apr 2010
With the General Election on 6th May, there is still time to arrange a postal vote. Voting by post is an easy and convenient way of voting if you are unable to get to the polling station on polling day - for any reason.
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Wed 31st Mar 2010
The approval of a planning application must not stop local people's fight to turn a former care home into a community centre - Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Kettering Chris Nelson has said - despite the approval of proposals to build 30 homes on the site.
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Mon 29th Mar 2010
The first ever TV debate between the three candidates to be the next Chancellor has seen Lib Dem Vince Cable win a clear victory. In a Channel 4 on-line poll carried out immediately after the debate, Vince out-polled both Alistair Darling and George Osborne.
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![Vince Cable [Photo: LDD Pics]](/images/sites/217.160.173.25-3e54d75166df56.63810547/thumbs/316.jpeg "Vince Cable [Photo: LDD Pics]")
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Sun 28th Mar 2010
At 8pm on Monday 29th March, Channel 4 will stage a live debate between the would-be Chancellors, Liberal Democrat Vince Cable, Labour's Alistair Darling and Conservative George Osborne. Krishnan Guru-Murthy will be asking the questions.
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Thu 25th Mar 2010
Responding to Alistair Darling's Budget, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said: "This Budget was a political dodge not an economic plan.
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Fri 12th Feb 2010
Proposals to reduce County Council subsidised bus services have been put out for consultation by a Cabinet meeting of Northamptonshire County Council - and sees big cuts to services across Kettering constituency, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Chris Nelson has warned.
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Wed 10th Feb 2010
Research by the Liberal Democrats shows that of the 27 Conservative controlled County Councils who have published their proposed Council Tax increases, Northamptonshire County Council is the highest at 3.5%.
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Tue 26th Jan 2010
The Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidates for Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough have challenged their opponents to sign up to a Clean Campaign Pledge for the coming General Election, in a bid to set clear standards for the coming election.
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Fri 8th Jan 2010
Local Liberal Democrat members have chosen local campaigner Chris Nelson to be the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for the Kettering constituency.
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Thu 10th Dec 2009
Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Wellingborough Kevin Barron has reacted with disbelief - after it was revealed today that Wellingborough's Conservative MP Peter Bone had claimed for a Sky Sports television package on parliamentary expenses.
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Wed 25th Nov 2009
Liberal Democrats in Northamptonshire have reacted strongly to news that Northamptonshire County Council faces a £100m shortfall over the next five years.
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Fri 4th Sep 2009
Local Liberal Democrats have chosen local activist Kevin Barron as the Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Wellingborough & Rushden constituency.
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Thu 18th Jun 2009
Opposition councillors were silenced today at the first meeting of the County Council since the election. At Thursday's Council meeting, Conservative leader Jim Harker addressed the council on his programme for the year, with no right of reply given to Brendan Glynane as Leader of the Opposition or to any other opposition councillors.
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Thu 18th Jun 2009
Conservative County Councillors are pushing ahead with unelected Honorary Aldermen with a direct line to decision making at County Hall despite the opposition of the Lib Dem group. Former Councillors who have been turfed out by the voters will be able to take up this honorary position.
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Sat 13th Jun 2009
Liberal Democrats in Kettering have demanded answers from Kettering's Conservative MP Philip Hollobone - after a BBC investigation suggested that he broke parliamentary rules on declaring his financial interests.T
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Wed 10th Jun 2009
Liberal Democrats in Northamptonshire have thanked local residents for solid progress in county council and European Parliament elections held on Thursday 4th June - which saw the party become the official opposition on the Conservative-run County Council.
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Thu 14th May 2009
Northamptonshire Liberal Democrats launched their bid to unseat the Conservatives today in June's County Council elections - by going online.
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Wed 15th Apr 2009
A crunch financial report to County Councillors yesterday saw County Hall budgets overrun by £1.1m this year, despite one-off savings gained from new accountancy rules.
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Thu 9th Apr 2009
Bosses at County Hall have today confirmed that senior councillors failed to safeguard over £34m of taxpayers' money as part of a 'pioneering' privatisation contract.
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Thu 18th Dec 2008
Conservative-run Northamptonshire County Council has been dealt a fresh blow, as a high-profile County Councillor switched to the Liberal Democrats ahead of a crucial council meeting.
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Fri 21st Nov 2008
Liberal Democrats in Northamptonshire have demanded that East Midlands Trains abandon its plans to impose a 6% increase in the price of regulated fares, season tickets and saver tickets.
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Wed 10th Sep 2008
Conservative plans to more than triple the cost of parking permits in Kettering alongside the creation of three new 'controlled parking zones' have been slammed by local Liberal Democrats.
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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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