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Southampton's roads are cracking up
Sat 23rd Jan 2010
After the recent cold weather the roads in Southampton up cracking up even worse than before, as the ice combined with the Council's emphasis on patching rather than whole road proper resurfacing has left our roads in a shocking state. The council only response is emergency funds to increase the patching and as everyone is aware these patches only last until the next spot of bad weather.
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Go Ape are coming to Itchen Valley
Thu 10th Dec 2009
Treetop operator "Go Ape" have gained approval from the Hedge End, West End and Botley Local Area Committee to build a course in amongst the trees close to the play area at Itchen Valley Country Park. You may have seen some of the publicity on the local news and in local papers.
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Itchen Valley Country Park Scoops National Green Space Award
Tue 10th Nov 2009
Eastleigh Borough's flagship country park has scooped its first ever national 'Green Flag' award by being judged as among the best in the country. Itchen Valley Country Park at West End has received a prestigious 'Green Flag Award' that recognises the excellent facilities, and high standards of management of its green spaces and amenities at the 440 acre site.
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Eastleigh backs the Rose Bowl
Sun 27th Sep 2009
Ambitious plans at the Rose Bowl have won the backing of Eastleigh Borough Council. The plans for a hotel, golf course and bigger stands will create 200 jobs, pump £20,000,000 into the local economy every year and bring Test Cricket to our Borough.
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Forced Mass Medication
Wed 25th Mar 2009
A sham consultation has made a mockery local people's wishes. The decision by South Central Strategic Health Authority's board to allow fluoride to be added to the water is fundamentally wrong. They are an unelected board and so have to get a mandate to make major decisions; They must consult the people they serve. In that consultation three-quarters of the people who are affected and expressed a view said "no" to fluoridated water. Also, among the elected councils consulted four out of five said "no" to fluoridated water.
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David backs appeal to Environment Agency on mass Fluoridation
Tue 10th Mar 2009
Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne has made a last-ditch bid to stop the mass fluoridation of water going ahead by appealing for the Environment Agency to look at its impact on local water courses and rivers. Mr Huhne said that there should be a proper Environmental Impact Assessment of the decision by the South Central Strategic Health Authority (NHS) to order Southern Water to add fluoride to the local water supply.
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Fairer Economic Future
Sun 4th Jan 2009
People today are struggling with spiralling debts, rising food and energy bills and unaffordable mortgages. A decade of complacency by Gordon Brown has meant that with plummeting house prices, falling growth, inflation problems and rising unemployment, the UK economic outlook has not looked so bleak since the 1990's Tory recession. So after the 10p tax fiasco and ineffective 2.5p VAT cut what the economic situation actually demands is a fairer economic future.
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Tory axe for care homes
Tue 16th Dec 2008
News of the closure of two care homes, Birch Lawn and Whitehaven Lodge, by the ruling Conservative administration came as a great shock to the staff and residents in the homes.
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Free swimming in Lib Dem Eastleigh not Tory Southampton
Mon 24th Nov 2008
From next April, under 16s and over 60s will be able to swim for FREE at Fleming Park Leisure Centre, thanks to Eastleigh Borough Council deciding to take part in a national scheme to boost fitness for young and old alike. Unfortunately the good people of neighbouring Southampton are not so fortunate, because the Conservative run City Council there has decided not to take part.
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The Government must help the whole economy
Tue 14th Oct 2008
The Government is 'fire fighting' to help the banking sector, but it is not just the bank sector that needs help from the Government the whole economy needs a boost from a change of thinking at the top. Inflation has hit as 16-year high and like everyone else in the country, residents of West End and Southampton are suffering from rocketing food and energy prices.
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Support the Gurkhas
Fri 26th Sep 2008
It's an ongoing disgrace: Gurkhas who retired from the British Army after 1997 can automatically stay in the UK, but those who retired earlier must apply, and many have been refused and face deportation. Pension rights for years served by Gurkhas before 1997 count at only around a quarter of the level of years served after that time. Now the high court has backed the Gurkhas campaign the government must not only give all retired Gurkhas the right to live in this country, but must give all Gurkhas a full British army pension when they retire.
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"Anyone who wants to pass laws in this country should pay this country's full taxes and not hide behind the special offshore status of non-doms. Non-doms have to tell the taxman that their first allegiance is to another country. No-one should be a British lawmaker whose first allegiance is not to Britain. "
Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary
www.libdems.org.uk - 2 March
"I think people are entitled to expect a sensible, stable government at a time when the country is facing very, very acute choices. We take what the markets are worrying about immensely seriously. We will not take any risk with the creditworthiness of the economy. "
Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Financial Times - 3 March
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