http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Tewkesbury Liberal Democrats en-GB Tewkesbury Liberal Democrats http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Tewkesbury Liberal Democrats 2010-03-10T03:02+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000125/alistair_cameron_supports_macmillans_vote_cancer_support_campaign.html Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat PPC for Tewkesbury Constituency says he is 2010-03-06T18:10+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000124/alistair_cameron_slams_ward_closures.html Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Tewkesbury has strongly criticised plans by the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to cut up to 200 beds at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals. 2010-02-18T20:21+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000123/alistair_cameron_opposes_plans_to_build_190_houses_at_swindon_lane_opposite_cheltenhamracecourse.html An outline planning application has been put before Cheltenham Borough Council to build 190 houses at Swindon Lane, opposite the racecourse. 2010-02-18T20:11+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000122/floods_bill__tewkesbury_people_let_down.html Local residents feel badly let down that the Conservative MP for Tewkesbury failed to support crucial measures to enable people in flood risk areas to get decent insurance and to allow councils to stop building in flood risk areas. 2010-02-17T12:25+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000121/alistair_cameron_says_give_children_the_individual_attention_they_need_by_cutting_class_sizes.html To give every child a fair start, Liberal Democrats will spend an extra £2.5bn on schools. 2010-02-01T17:47+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000120/conservative_county_and_borough_councillor_klara_sudbury_joins_the_liberal_democrats.html Tewkesbury Constituency Liberal Democrats are delighted by the news that Gloucestershire County and Cheltenham Borough councillor Klara Sudbury has today announced that she will be leaving the Conservative Party and applying to join the Liberal Democrats and the party's groups on the county and borough councils. 2009-12-19T17:32+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000119/county_lib_dems_question_tory_cuts_in_gloucestershire.html Up to £32 million is proposed to be cut from Gloucestershire County Council's budget next year, along with 200 job cuts. County Lib Dem leader Jeremy Hilton is concerned that the Tories whilst publicly hoping to protect vital services have less money to spend and debts to be paid. 2009-12-15T17:53+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000118/alistair_cameron_supports_ashchurch_army_depot.html Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Tewkesbury has given his support to keeping the MoD vehicle depot open at Ashchurch. 2009-12-11T12:16+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000117/allotment_holders_supported_by_alistair_cameron.html Bishop's Cleeve allotment holders concerned about the effect of housing development on their plots at Nortenham have received the support of Alistair Cameron and local Lib Dem County Councillor Ceri Jones in their protests to local authorities. The allotment tenants are concerned that the developers could build an access road through their site. Alistair Cameron has said that the allotment holders have an extremely strong case and that growing food locally should be supported on environmental grounds :'in view of global warming we should be doing all we can to reduce transport miles, this is a green, environmental issue', he said. County Councillor Ceri Jones is concerned that Bishops Cleeve has grown enough and cannot take anymore. 2009-12-04T17:43+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000116/alistair_cameron_criticises_proposals_for_incinerator_in_gloucestershire.html Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Tewkesbury has criticised the County Council's proposals which could result in an incinerator being built in Gloucestershire. Alistair made this criticism when he responded to the County Council's recent consultation on its waste core strategy. 2009-12-03T17:48+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000115/alistair_cameron_slams_proposals_to_build_5000_houses_in_swindon_village_and_uckington.html Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Tewkesbury, severely criticised proposals to build 5000 houses between Swindon Village, Uckington and Elmstone Hardwick, when he viewed the plans at an exhibition run by developers Bloor and Persimmon Homes, at Uckington, on Thurdsay. 2009-11-21T15:23+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000114/alistair_cameron_criticises_floods_bill_as_damp_squib.html Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Tewkesbury has criticised the Floods Bill which is currently making its way through Parliament as a "damp squib" which is far too limited in scope to prevent another major disaster. 2009-11-21T15:18+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000113/alistair_joins_cyclists_to_oppose_waste_plans.html Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary spokesman for Tewkesbury, joined local residents and councillors, at the Wingmoor Farm site in Bishop's Cleeve, in their opposition to the plans of Grundon Waste Management to carry on dumping toxic waste at the site for another 20 years. 2009-11-16T19:55+00:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000111/alistair_cameron_slams_rail_company_over_train_stops_at_ashchurch_rail_station.html Alistair Cameron, Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Tewkesbury has strongly criticised the rail company, CrossCountry, for failing to increase the number of stops at Ashchurch Railway Station near Tewkesbury for its service between Bristol and Birmingham. 2009-10-18T19:35+01:00 http://www.tewkesburylibdems.org.uk/news/000110/legal_challenge_over_tories_slash_and_burn_of_county_council_services.html Liberal Democrats have mounted a legal challenge to the Tory cabinet on Gloucestershire County Council. This is done using the council's "call-in" rules. Now Council Scrutiny will begin investigating the cabinet's plan to axe 500 unidentified jobs. 2009-10-15T17:31+01:00