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Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

14 Sep 2022
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Local Lib Dem Councillor to serve on Government Task Force

Scarborough and Whitby Liberal Democrats are proud to congratulate Councillor Svetlana Rodgers who has been chosen as one of the 12/15 members on the Government's task force looking into equalities issues . This group is made up of women councillors from all over Britain and from a diversity of ethnic backgrounds and their task is to raise the profile of women from all walks of life.

10 Jun 2008
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MP mucks in at local store

Local MP Tim Farron marked National Independent Shops week last week by helping out at Central Stores in Levens. Mr Farron operated the tills and helped to stack the shelves with owner Roger Atfield in an effort to gain an appreciation first-hand of the challenges facing small business owners.

10 Jun 2008
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Farron welcomes Council's 'open door' for Home on the Farm project

Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the news that South Lakeland District Council have provisionally opened the door for a 'Home on the Farm' type project which he proposed to them recently. The Council have written to Mr Farron informing him that they will recommend a policy be put into action which would see disused rural buildings converted into housing as 'greenfield' developments as long as there was 100% local occupancy and at least 50% affordable dwellings.

10 Jun 2008
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Cllr Tom Smith-Hughes

Tory leader's 'Apprentice' PR stunt is an insult

The offer of a council job to the runner up of the BBC's 'The Apprentice' has been attacked by the opposition Liberal Democrats as a gimmick and an insult. Tom Smith-Hughes, Leader of the Council's Lib Dem group, said: "This is another sad example of Lord Hanningfield's obsession with headline-grabbing gimmicks. Remember his daft suggestion that a bank holiday should be created around the Oscar win by Essex girl Helen Mirren?

10 Jun 2008
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