http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Stockport Liberal Democrats en-GB Stockport Liberal Democrats http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Stockport Liberal Democrats 2008-12-03T23:56+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000036/stockport_lib_dems_welcome_for_small_businesses_action_plan.html Liberal Democrats in Stockport have backed plans to help small businesses survive the looming recession. 2008-10-28T03:23+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000035/gordon_brown_a_year_of_drift_dither_and_failure.html Stockport has not benefited from Gordon Brown's leadership, claim local Liberal Democrats. 2008-06-30T11:45+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000034/lib_dem_local_election_success.html Stockport Liberal Democrats would like to send out a very big thank you to local people for their massive vote of confidence in this years local elections. 2008-05-02T14:26+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000033/liberal_democrats_put_forward_plans_to_save_small_shops.html Stuart Bodsworth Stockport's Lib Dem Parliamentary spokesperson has welcomed the Retail Development Bill put before parliament by Liberal Democrat peer Brian Cotter. 2008-02-26T23:22+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000032/government_incompetence_has_been_costly_to_northern_rock__stockport_liberal_democrats.html Responding to the decision by the Government to nationalise Northern Rock, Stuart Bodsworth Stockport's Lib Dem Parliamentary spokesperson said: 2008-02-18T16:47+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000031/labours_nhs_targets_stop_knee_ops_at_stepping_hill.html Stuart Bodsworth the Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesperson for Stockport has slammed Labour's NHS targets for forcing our local hospital to stop offering knee operations. 2008-02-13T22:43+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000028/lib_dems_now_second_party_in_stockport_constituency_and_main_challengers_to_labour.html Total Votes in 2007 were 2007-05-28T03:26+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000027/canals_under_threat.html Canals under threat 2007-04-25T20:37+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000026/climate_change_starts_at_home.html Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell has launched the Climate Change Starts at Home campaign, cementing the party's position as the greenest of the three major parties. 2007-04-18T08:21+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000025/britain_has_most_expensive_railways_in_europe_lib_dem_research_reveals.html The publication of the Rail Regulator's report into rail trends shows that complaints about fares are rising, the Liberal Democrats have released research showing that Britain has the most expensive open fares in Europe. Ten pounds will take you over 660 miles in Slovakia, over 200 miles in Italy but only 39 miles in Britain. For the same amount of money, passengers can travel nearly three times that distance in France. 2007-04-06T01:00+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000024/axe_the_tax.html The Council Tax punishes pensioners and people on low incomes. They pay a far higher proportion of their income in tax than the very rich do. A Local Income Tax is based very simply on your ability to pay. It would be run through the existing Inland Revenue Income Tax mechanism - so saving hundreds of millions - while at the same time ensuring that the typical households pay hundreds of pounds less, especially pensioners. 2007-03-30T23:09+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000023/nuclear_deterrent_tory_votes_get_trident_renewal_through_parliament.html The government's proposals for renewing Trident have passed through the House of Commons, despite 95 Labour MPs joining the Liberal Democrats in voting for the decision to be delayed. This was the biggest revolt since Iraq, but the motion got through because the Conservatives backed the government. [BBC] 2007-03-15T20:36+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000022/new_anti_social_behaviour_hotline_is_a_hit__cllr_jenny_humphreys__0845_833_4444.html In its first week of operation , this new call centre had 90 calls, all reporting Anti Social Behaviour issues. 0845 833 4444 2007-02-24T09:55+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000021/scandulous_cost_of_local_new_labour_mps_travel_expenses.html The Local MP,s Travel Expenses are on Page 2 of the Stockport Express 2007-02-22T23:03+00:00 http://www.stockportlibdems.org.uk/news/000020/jenny_humphreys_working_for_manor_ward__offerton_heavileyhillgatelittle_moormile_end_and_woodbank.html LOCAL ACTION 2007-02-16T23:10+00:00