http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Devizes Constituency Liberal Democrats en-GB Devizes Constituency Liberal Democrats http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Devizes Constituency Liberal Democrats 2008-07-06T21:16+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000031/devizes_has_not_benefited_from_browns_first_year_as_prime_minister.html The Devizes Constituency has not benefited from Gordon Brown's leadership, claim local Liberal Democrats in a message to residents. 2008-06-27T13:00+01:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000030/promise_of_jam_tomorrow_is_not_enough__wendy_johnson.html Liberal Democrats in Devizes have attacked Government offers to compensate low income earners losing out under tax changes as "vague promises of jam tomorrow". 2008-04-28T09:00+01:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000029/liberal_democrats_welcome_proposal_to_use_marlborough_college_for_olympics_training.html Liberal Democrats in Devizes Constituency have welcomed the recommendation that Marlborough College should be used as a training camp in the run up to the London Olympics in 2012. 2008-03-10T16:00+00:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000028/denial_of_referendum_on_europe_an_outrage__devizes_constituency_lib_dems.html A decision by the Speaker of the House of Commons to refuse to have a debate and vote on a Liberal Democrat amendment calling for a referendum on whether to be in or out of Europe has met with an angry response from Liberal Democrats in Wiltshire 2008-02-26T19:48+00:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000026/residents_of_devizes__kennet_face_winter_fuel_payment_wipe_out__liberal_democrats.html LIBERAL Democrats in Devizes are calling on the Government to protect pensioners in Kennet from energy price rises. They have made the call after figures showed that recent increases in the cost of electricity and gas are set to wipe out pensioners' winter fuel payment. 2008-02-15T08:00+00:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000027/call_on_conservative_mp_to_explain_failure_to_oppose_poor_deal_for_kennet.html LIBERAL Democrats in Devizes are calling on Michael Ancram to explain why he sat on the fence when a cash settlement for Kennet District Council that is below the average rise given to other councils was agreed by the House of Commons. 2008-02-13T18:00+00:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000024/ancram_criticised_by_local_lib_dems.html In the wake of this weekend's revelations on local Conservative MP Michael Ancram's expenses which closely follow the unseemly spectacle of disgraced ex-conservative Derek Conway it is clear that the current system is unsustainable. 2008-02-11T15:00+00:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000025/local_businesses_must_go_for_gold__wendy_johnson.html Wendy Johnson, Devizes Parliamentary Spokesperson is encouraging all local businesses to boost their business by logging onto the London 2012 website. 2008-02-05T11:00+00:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000023/devizes_liberal_democrats_welcome_new_leader.html LIBERAL Democrats in the Devizes area have welcomed the election of Nick Clegg as the new Leader of the Party. The result of the vote of Liberal Democrat members was announced on Tuesday 18th December. 2007-12-18T15:00+00:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000022/government_must_end_crazy_id_cards_plan_now_say_devizes_liberal_democrats.html The Government's data disaster over child benefit records shows why plans for Identity Cards must be scrapped, say Devizes Liberal Democrats. 2007-12-03T15:00+00:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000021/residents_of_devizes_constituency_throwing_away_twice_war_time_food_rations.html LIBERAL Democrats in Devizes are backing a campaign to encourage people to cut food waste after learning that 10,800 tonnes of food are thrown away each year by local residents. 2007-11-13T20:06+00:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000020/queens_speech_a_disappointment_for_devizes__lib_dems.html "A disappointing string of announcements with no vision" - that's the 2007-11-09T00:00+00:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000019/one_year_on_and_pollution_still_threatens_devizes__liberal_democrats.html DEVIZES LIBERAL Democrats have given the government one out of ten for their environmental record and have warned that local residents will suffer from more extreme weather if action is not taken to tackle pollution. 2007-10-31T10:00+00:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000018/end_election_fiasco__devizes_liberal_democrats.html LIBERAL Democrats in the Devizes Constituency have called for the Prime Minister to be stripped of the power to decide the date of the general election. 2007-10-27T17:30+01:00 http://www.devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000017/government_smash_and_grab_plan_on_wiltshire_schools_slammed_by_lib_dems.html LIBERAL Democrats in the Devizes Constituency have warned that a proposal by the government to take away cash reserves that local schools have built up will damage children's education. 2007-10-15T11:00+01:00