http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Blackburn with Darwen Liberal Democrats & Rossendale Liberal Democrats en-GB Blackburn with Darwen Liberal Democrats & Rossendale Liberal Democrats http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Blackburn with Darwen Liberal Democrats & Rossendale Liberal Democrats 2008-07-24T04:59+01:00 United Kingdom http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000072/labour_waste_council_tax_payers_money.html Labour perverting Council Rules 2007-11-26T23:15+00:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000071/lib_dems_not_to_close_community_centres.html Labour Councillors jump the gun on Community Centre Closure 2007-11-26T23:12+00:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000070/liberal_democrats_help_take_control.html 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. 2007-05-19T00:35+01:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000069/highway_robbery.html Council Tax up again - but £12 million cuts ! 2007-04-04T21:13+01:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000068/area_councils__giving_people_a_real_say.html GIVE YOUR AREA A REAL SAY AREA COUNCILS - 2007-04-04T21:09+01:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000067/fortnightly_waste_collection__its_rubbish.html 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. 2007-04-04T17:15+01:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000066/blackburn_with_darwen_lib_dems_announce_local_candidates.html 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. 2007-04-04T15:48+01:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000065/labour_government_take_from_the_poor_and_give_to_the_rich.html 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%" 2007-02-15T20:36+00:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000064/darwen_labour_mp_tops_expenses_list.html Rossendale & Darwen Labour MP Janet Anderson has topped the list of MP claiming travel expenses for their car. 2007-02-14T10:13+00:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000063/lib_dems_launch_cut_crime_campaign.html Liberal Democrats locally and nationally have launched their campaign to cut crime. 2007-01-22T09:00+00:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000061/34_million_wasted_by_labour_on_failed_police_merger.html Following questions from the local Liberal Democrats the Police Authority revealed that nearly £3/4 million pounds had been spent on preparing for the merger between Lancashire and Cumbria Police forces. This was being forced on Authorities Autjorities by the Labour Government. The government then did a U-turn and halted the mergers. Now taxpayers will have to foot the bill. This money could have been used to increase front-line policing instead of being wasted on this pointless exercise. 2006-09-09T14:16+01:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000060/lib_dems_gagged_at_council_meeting.html Councillor were prevented from discussing the controversial demolition of houses in the Redearth Rd. area of Darwen at the last Council Meeting. 2006-09-09T14:10+01:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000056/liberal_democrat_councillor_condemns_violence_in_the_middle_east.html Local Liberal Democrat Councillor, Karimeh Foster, has written to the Foreign Secretary condemning the violence in the Middle East and calling for greater action on the part of this country. Cllr. Foster said, " I wrote this letter before the violence in Lebanon erupted, but it is even more important now that the UK government calls for an immediate cease fire. Hundreds of civilians are being killed because the Israeli government has over-reacted. The Israelis have asked people from Southern Lebanon to leave, but then they bomb and fire at them as they leave, destroy the roads and bridges so they cannot leave and have attacked 3 hospitals so that that even the injured are not safe. Many civilians lie dead under the collapsed apartment blocks" 2006-07-22T12:56+01:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000055/liberal_democrats_mourn_loss_of_former_councillor.html Darwen Liberal Democrats were saddened to hear of the death of Peter Lamster. Peter was a well known figure in Darwen and was a Liberal Councillor on the old Darwen Council. Peter was involved with many local organisations. He was past Chairman of Darwen Cricket Club and was a school governor both at Ashleigh School and Darwen Vale High School. 2006-07-22T12:45+01:00 http://blackburnlibdems.org.uk/news/000054/the_green_tax_switch.html Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell MP has unveiled plans to protect and improve our environment with a major "green tax switch". 2006-06-08T22:40+01:00