http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Liberal Democrats on Kent County Council en-GB Liberal Democrats on Kent County Council http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2009 Liberal Democrats on Kent County Council 2009-07-04T23:22+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000258/kent_lib_dems_vote_against_councillors_allowance_increase.html The Liberal Democrat Group on Kent County Council have voted against a report giving County Councillors a rise in basic allowances of 8% at the first County Council meeting after the elections. 2009-06-26T18:08+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000257/lib_dems_call_expenses_hike_an_insult_to_voters.html From BBC Kent: Kent Liberal Democrats have described Conservative support for an increase in County Councillors basic allowances of 8% as an "insult to voters". 2009-06-26T17:58+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000256/from_kent_online_wwwkentonlinecouk_councillors_vote_in_favour_of_allowances_hike.html Conservative Kent County councillors have voted through an eight per cent increase in their allowances despite Lib Dem calls for the payments to be frozen. 2009-06-26T17:47+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000255/lib_dems_call_for_review_of_kent_officer_bonuses.html Kent Liberal Democrat Leader Trudy Dean has called for a review of Kent Chief Officers bonus levels after obtaining details of bonus levels for the past three years. Figures provided to Kent's Cabinet Scrutiny Committee showed Chief Officers whose salaries over £120k pa also received bonuses averaging between 10.77-13.87% over the last three years. 2009-06-16T13:24+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000254/j5_m25__lets_finish_the_job.html The Kent Lib Dem group is supporting the campaign to improve junction 5 of M25 at Chevening to allow connections in all directions. 2009-06-16T12:54+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000253/kent_lib_dems_condolences_on_passing_of_jean_newman.html It is with regret that the Kent Liberal Democrats have learned of the sad death of Mrs Jean Newman, former Conservative County Councillor for Swale East. The group send our best wishes and condolences to her friends and family. 2009-06-12T16:59+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000252/lib_dems_announce_kent_lineup_as_official_opposition.html The Liberal Democrat Group on Kent County Council have announced their Shadow Cabinet line-up. The Liberal Democrats are now the official opposition to the Conservatives on Kent County Council after the County elections saw Labour lose 18 of their 20 seats. 2009-06-12T13:54+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000251/kent_lib_dems_join_twitter.html The Kent Liberal Democrat Group have joined the popular Twitter service at www.twitter.com/kentld as a new way that Kent residents and others can keep in touch with the Lib Dem Group. The Liberal Democrats recently became the official opposition on Kent County Council as they grew to seven members at the County elections and Labour were decimated to just 2 members. 2009-06-10T14:27+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000250/liberal_democrats_the_only_effective_opposition_on_kent_county_council.html The Liberal Democrats have become the only effective opposition on Kent county Council following the County Council elections which saw the Labour group decimated to just two members. The Liberal Democrat group increased in size to seven members, and now form the official opposition. 2009-06-09T11:42+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000249/kents_democratic_disgrace.html Figures from the Kent County Elections show that the Conservatives polled just under 50% of the vote across the County on June 4th but scooped 88% of the seats on Kent County Council - 74 out of 84. 2009-06-09T00:00+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000248/liberal_democrats_want_labour_votes_at_local_elections.html The Liberal Democrats are appealing to Labour supporters across Kent to lend them their vote at the county council elections on June 4th to stop the Conservatives having such a stranglehold on County Hall. 2009-05-13T12:38+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000247/government_defeated_on_gurkha_policy.html A Liberal Democrat "Opposition Day" motion to withdraw the new guidelines immediately and bring forward revised proposals that extend an equal right of residence to all Gurkhas has been passed in the House of Commons. 2009-05-07T11:41+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000246/councils_to_work_together_on_polytunnel_plans.html Kent County Council agreed today (30 April) to Trudy Dean's request to work with all District Councils in Kent to produce planning guidance on the use of polytunnels in the countryside. However KCC has not confirmed that it will submit any comment to the 1,500 acre polytunnel application stretching across Kent countryside between Kings Hill, Mereworth and West Peckham. Up to one third of the area may be under permanent polytunnels where crops such as strawberries are placed in grow bags on tables. 2009-04-30T00:00+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000245/gurkha_opposition_debate.html Trudy Dean Leader of the Lib Dem group at KCC has called on all Kent MPs to support Nick Clegg's opposition debate tomorrow (29 April). 2009-04-28T00:00+01:00 http://www.kent.libdems.org.uk/news/000244/clegg_and_lumley_join_forces_in_fight_for_gurkhas.html Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg and campaigner Joanna Lumley have held talks to discuss the next steps in their campaign for justice for the Gurkhas. Nick Clegg confirmed that the Liberal Democrats will hold an opposition day debate on the issue in Parliament on Wednesday following last week's Government announcement to limit the numbers of Gurkhas allowed to settle in the UK. Joanna Lumley and other campaigners have agreed to support the debate on the day by staging a protest outside the House of Commons. 2009-04-28T00:00+01:00