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Liberal Democrats help take control
Sat 19th May 2007
Blackburn with Darwen Liberal Democrats have joined with Conservatives and For Darwen parties to form a Partnership to run Blackburn with Darwen Council. This ends over 20 years of Labour rule. The Partnership have 33 seats on the Council and Labour have 31.
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Fortnightly Waste Collection - It's Rubbish!
Wed 4th Apr 2007
There are many of the boroughs residents who want to 'do their bit' for the environment but consider the fortnightly refuse collection to be counter productive particularly those with families who struggle to manage.
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Blackburn with Darwen Lib Dems announce local candidates
Wed 4th Apr 2007
The local Liberal Democrats are mounting one of their biggest ever campaigns to oust Labour from control of Blackburn with Darwen Council. Liberal Democrat Leader, Cllr David Foster said," We are fielding our strongest ever line up of candidates and we are expecting to make significant gains this year to build on our growth over the past few years.
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Labour Government take from the poor and give to the rich.
Thu 15th Feb 2007
The Labour government have decided to take away £4.5 million from Blackburn with Darwen Council and give to richer areas who do not deserve it. Liberal Democrat Leader on the Council, David Foster said, "The government have decided that because we are a deprived area we need more money. This means taking money away from "wealthier" areas. The government want to cushion the blow to these areas and therefore have decided not to give us the full amount and give some of it back to these richer areas. Local Council Tax Payers are having to foot the bill. If the government paid us what they say we need we could cut the Council Tax by 10%"
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"Liberalism in Britain has lost a great champion, the Liberal Democrats, a great advocate and our public life, a great servant. "
Lord Paddy Ashdown
In memory of Lord Richard Holme, who died on 5 May
"If the Tories want to claim that they are going to cut corporation tax, they have to come clean about how they are going to pay for it. Cutting the main rate of corporation tax to 25% will cost more than £5bn a year. If David Cameron is to have a hope of sounding credible he must state clearly where the money will come from. Otherwise this will be seen as yet another unfunded tax cut. "
Vince Cable - Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor
www.libdems.org.uk - 2 May
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| Blackburn General Election Result |
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Turnout: 41805 (57%)
42%
Labour: 17562 (−12.1%)
22.9%
Conservative: 9553 (−8.3%)
20.6%
Liberal Democrat: 8608 (+12.5%)
View the results in detail.
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| Rossendale & Darwen General Election Result |
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Turnout: 44437 (62%)
42.9%
Labour: 19073 (−5.8%)
34.6%
Conservative: 15397 (−2.1%)
15%
Liberal Democrat: 6670 (+0.4%)
View the results in detail.
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