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Welcome to Hammersmith and Fulham Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.
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Hammersmith and Fulham Liberal Democrats are working across the Borough to bring fair politics to local residents.
Our Priorities: Fair taxes - A fair start for every child - A fair future, creating jobs by making Britain greener - A fair deal by cleaning up politics.
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Sat 21st Aug 2010
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg came to Shepherds Bush Village Hall last week to highlight the coalition government's commitment to promoting greater social mobility, visiting the Sure-start centre based at the Hall. The Surestart centre is one of several local community groups based in the Hall who may be forced to move, as a result of local Tories determination to sell off Council assets to balance the books after this year's unfunded pre-election council tax cut.
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Wed 11th Aug 2010
Hammersmith and Fulham Lib Dems wish all our local football clubs - Fulham, Chelsea and Queen's Park Rangers - a successful season in 2010-11.
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Wed 11th Aug 2010
H&F Council is advertising a "consultation" seeking endorsement of its plans for the Borough's libraries. These include selling the Hammersmith Library building to developers, moving that service to another location, closing and relocating Sands End Library so that the Sands End community centre can be sold and closing the Barons Court Library, and the mobile Library.
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Sat 7th Aug 2010
H&F Liberal Democrats welcome the Coalition Government's announcement of a referendum next May on voting reform for Westminster elections, but unless such reforms are applied to local government the residents of H&F will have to look to central government to restrain the "one-party-state" which is H&F Council.
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Tue 3rd Aug 2010
The Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group have reiterated their long standing opposition to the Western Extension Zone as part of their detailed submission to the consultation on changes to the Congestion Charge.
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Sun 1st Aug 2010
The Tory Council's reported plan to sell off iconic Fulham Town Hall has come as a shock to many residents, particularly given the depressed state of the commercial property market and low levels of interest. But H&F Lib Dems believe it is symptomatic of the Tories' systematic neglect of the local community in Fulham.
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Fri 30th Jul 2010
Tory boasts about council tax cuts earlier this year have come back to haunt the neediest in the Borough, as funding shortfalls have led the council to propose a massive sell-off of assets.
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Fri 30th Jul 2010
The official investigation into the blaze at Robert Owen House must be fully independent, and urgent fire checks are needed across the Borough, say local Lib Dems, after residents in 13 flats were evacuated during a terrifying blaze on Monday 26 July:
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Thu 29th Jul 2010
This is going to be the question that voters will be asked in next May's AV referendum :
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Sat 17th Jul 2010
A Lib Dem plan to take the oldest and most polluting vehicles off the streets of London kicked off in Earl's Court, one of London's worst polluted areas.
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Sun 27th Jun 2010
It would appear that our Local Government Minister Eric Pickles had an enlightening visit to H&F this week. when he came to congratulate our Council on publishing details of all Council spending over £ 500.
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Tue 15th Jun 2010
The public inquiry over the Council's decision on the Goldhawk Industrial Estate has drawn to a close. The barrister engaged by the Brackenbury Residents Association has made all the arguments with far greater clarity that we can, so here is the summary of what he said, with link the entire submission. http://hflibdems.org.uk/pages/goldhawk-call-in-closing-argument.html
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Mon 31st May 2010
Two years after being elected, London Mayor Boris Johnson is finally taking the steps he promised to begin reforming the Congestion Charge. A statutory consultation has just begun, in which people are being asked if they support the abolition of the Western Extension of the Congestion Charge Zone: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/CC-Consultation-Leaflet.pdf .
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Thu 27th May 2010
The Liberal Democrats have obtained commitments in the new Coalition Agreement with the Conservatives which should help curb the local single-party Conservative-run Council from abusing its powers here in Hammersmith and Fulham. In particular:
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Thu 27th May 2010
Hammersmith and Fulham Council has taken two months to repair a dangerous pothole on the Fulham Road, where a cyclist was seriously injured several weeks ago.
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Sun 16th May 2010
Nathalie Bristow from H&F Lib Dems was among several thousand Lib Dems who attended the Special Conference in Birmingham to vote on the agreement for the Coalition Government and she has sent us this report.
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Thu 13th May 2010
Hammersmith and Fulham Liberal Democrats welcome the historic agreement between our Party Leaders and the Conservative Party to form a coalition government. We congratulate our new Prime Minister David Cameron on the vision he has shown, and our party leader, Nick Clegg, who has taken us to the point where we can put our Liberal Democrat policies and values into effect.
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Wed 12th May 2010
NICK Clegg made this statement last night: "Tonight the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party and the Federal Executive of the Liberal Democrat party have overwhelmingly accepted my recommendation that we should now enter into a coalition government with the Conservative Party."
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Sun 9th May 2010
More people voted for us than ever before. Across the country we received a record 7 million votes, compared with 9 million votes for Labour and 11 million votes for the Conservatives. Here in Hammersmith and Fulham we once again increased the number of votes we received.
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Sat 8th May 2010
"It has been a privilege to have been the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Hammersmith. I would like to thank my team, Liberal Democrat supporters and most of all who had voted for me and were seeking Liberal Democrats to deliver a fairer Britain.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"How can you possibly take on such a large financial commitment as Trident without considering the military and political implications? If fierce cuts are to be made in Britain's conventional forces, surely we have to consider whether replacing Trident can be justified. "
Sir Menzies Campbell
Response to announcement that the Ministry of Defence will be responsible for the cost of replacing Trident - 30 July
"With most of their leadership contenders claiming to back AV for a fairer voting system, it is astonishing they now wish to block the legislation to make that happen. Each and every Labour MP campaigned on a manifesto committing to a referendum. Now they have the opportunity to make this happen but have chosen to say no for opposition's sake. "
Simon Hughes MP
Comment on Labour's decision to oppose legislation for a referendum on the alternative vote - 28 July
"With more than half of ASBOs breached in 2008, this was a policy more about posturing than effective policing. Local communities know that other measures, such as Acceptable Behaviour Contracts can nip problems in the bud before they escalate. "
Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Justice, Tom Brake MP
Commenting on speech by the Home Secretary in which she said it was 'time to move beyond Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) - 28 July
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