http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Camden Liberal Democrats en-GB Camden Liberal Democrats http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Camden Liberal Democrats 2008-07-25T04:24+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000072/camden_liberal_democrats_show_strength_in_depth_with_new_appointments_to_executive_team.html Camden Liberal Democrats are today announcing planned changes to their team on Camden Council's Executive, the Council's main decision-making body. 2008-04-22T15:45+01:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000071/25_million_of_funding_secured_for_new_playgrounds_in_camden.html Lib Dem-led Camden council has secured a major new grant to boost play facilities across the borough. Dozens of new play areas and a new adventure playground will be built for children and young people. A cash grant of £2.5 million was announced recently. 2008-04-15T13:32+01:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000070/lib_dems_slam_local_mps_failure_to_vote_against_post_office_closures.html Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesperson for Holborn and St Pancras Jo Shaw today attacked Labour MP Frank Dobson for supporting Post Office closures. 2008-03-20T15:59+00:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000068/lib_demled_camden_keeps_council_tax_below_inflation.html Camden's Liberal Democrat-led Council has agreed its Budget for 2008-09, confirming plans to set a below-inflation Council Tax rise to follow last year's freeze. The Budget also sees an extra £11m of expenditure on new services, including extra funding for services for older people, for libraries and for tackling Climate Change. 2008-03-07T14:55+00:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000067/camden_joins_the_fight_against_heathrow_expansion.html Liberal Democrat-led Camden and Islington Councils have joined the growing campaign 2M (Two Million Voices) against Heathrow expansion. 2008-03-05T15:02+00:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000066/labour_pulls_plug_on_95_million_to_camdens_poorest.html Local Lib Dem campaigners Jo Shaw and Ed Fordham have condemned the Labour government for pulling the plug on another £9.5 million in funding for local services. This cash had been earmarked for tackling unemployment and poverty in Camden over the next three years. 2008-02-28T09:59+00:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000065/nancy_jirira_storms_to_victory_in_fortune_green_byelection.html Local campaigner Nancy Jirira is the new Lib Dem councillor for Fortune Green, elected by a clear majority of votes in Thursday's by-election to choose a successor to the late Jane Schopflin. 2008-02-22T01:37+00:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000064/lib_dems_fight_to_save_local_post_offices_from_labour_shutdown.html A fifth of London's Post Offices are set to shut down under a Labour-backed plan to cut local services. The new hit list includes Post Offices used and valued by Camden residents such as South End Green, England's Lane, Crowndale Road and Highgate High Street. 2008-02-21T11:07+00:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000062/lib_dems_pioneer_new_youth_council_initiative.html The polls are now open for Camden young people in the borough's first-ever Youth Council. The new initiative from the Lib Dem led administration has seen dozens of young people put themselves forward as candidates to represent five areas of the borough. 2008-02-11T09:57+00:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000061/john_bryant_reflects_on_achievements_for_camdens_children.html Cllr John Bryant has announced he will be leaving the Executive of Camden Council at the Annual General Meeting in May of this year. 2008-01-31T16:13+00:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000063/popular_local_campaigner_nancy_jirira_selected_in_fortune_green.html Local Lib Dems have chosen Nancy Jirira as their candidate to continue the work done by Jane Schopflin and your Lib Dem Spotlight Councillors. Local resident Nancy knows Fortune Green really well. She has lived in West Hampstead since 1974. She has also worked and raised her 17 year old daughter here. 2008-01-30T00:00+00:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000060/jane_schopflin_19362007.html Liberal Democrat Councillor for Fortune Green Ward Jane Schopflin sadly passed away in the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, on the morning of Sunday 30th December after a long battle with illness. 2008-01-03T11:23+00:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000059/massive_investment_to_bring_council_homes_up_to_scratch.html Improvements to Council homes that Labour put on ice after its failed ALMO bid in 2004 were put back on track by the Lib Dem-led Camden Council this week. Action to make sure every Camden council tenant lives in a safe, modern home within the next five years came a step closer this month with the news that an extra £15 million has been pledged from the council's coffers towards improvements on Camden's estates. 2007-11-02T10:42+00:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000058/lib_dems_deliver_on_camden_town_police_pledge.html Extra police started working in Camden Town this week after Camden's Lib Dem-led Council invested an extra £300,000 in local policing to drive down crime and drug-dealing. 2007-10-23T12:10+01:00 http://www.camdenlibdems.org.uk/news/000057/matt_sanders_wins_haverstock_byelection_for_lib_dems.html Liberal Democrat Matt Sanders won the Haverstock by-election on Thursday, gaining the seat formerly held by retiring veteran Labour Councillor Roy Shaw. He joins Jill Fraser, who has represented the ward for the Lib Dems since her victory in a by-election in February 2003. 2007-07-13T02:43+01:00