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One million still losing out despite Chancellor’s by-election budget
13 May 2008
Reading West Lib Dem parliamentary hopeful Patrick Murray has launched a scathing attack on the government’s announcement of measures to compensate 5 million of Britain’s poorest citizens who were penalised by the cutting of the 10p tax rate.
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Gareth Epps elected as Liberal Democrat group leader in Reading
12 May 2008
Cllr Gareth Epps, Liberal Democrat councillor for Katesgrove, was elected unopposed at a group meeting on Saturday afternoon as the new leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Reading Borough Council.
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Tony Jones' Departure from LABOUR is an Indictment of Gordon Brown
08 May 2008
Commenting on Cllr Tony Jones' resignation from the Labour Party, Cllr Gareth Epps, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Reading Borough Council, said:-
"Tony's decision is courageous and deserves credit. It is clear that the Labour Party has moved so far that people like Tony, steeped in the traditions of the Labour movement, now feel they have no place in it. It is an indictment of the politics of Gordon Brown."
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THANK YOU
03 May 2008
Liberal Democrats are celebrating another advance in Reading as Labour lost their leader and overall control of Reading Borough Council.
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Salter has been taken in by Government spin over tax rise - Patrick Murray
30 April 2008
Liberal Democrats in Reading West have accused Labour MP Martin Salter of letting down local people on low and modest incomes, by backing the Government over the doubling of the 10p tax rate without an adequate compensation package.
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Lib Dems slam Reading Labour’s failed bulky waste policy
28 April 2008
Reading Lib Dems have pledged to put fairness first in the imminent review of Labour-run Reading Borough Council’s policy of charging for bulky waste items saying that it has led to a big increase in flytipping in the Borough.
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Fair Funding for Reading's Police; no more Labour Failure
24 April 2008
LIB DEMS: Select Committee told: 'Fair Funding for Reading's Police; no more Labour Failure' Liberal Democrats will today (Thursday) take the message of their campaign for fair funding of Reading's police officers to the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee when it visits Reading - led by lead councillor on Safer Communities Cllr Daisy Benson.
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Liberal Democrats work harder - OFFICIAL
08 April 2008
Figures obtained by Reading Lib Dems from Reading Borough Council show that during the municipal year (May 2007 – Feb 2008), Reading’s Lib Dem councillors have reported a staggering 578 local issues to the Council for action.
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Reading Lib Dems attack Labour for "playing politics on the rates"
02 April 2008
Pressure from the Reading Lib Dems has revealed the true cost to the Reading tax payer of the Labour-run Reading Council’s ‘Reading Live’.
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Lib Dems celebrate arrival of first bottle banks in Redlands – 2 years late!
31 March 2008
Redlands Lib Dem Councillors Kirsten Bayes and Daisy Benson have welcomed the arrival of the FIRST EVER glass recycling facilities in Redlands ward after a 2 year campaign by the Lib Dems.
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Academy admissions crisis: Lib Dems press to make details public
28 March 2008
Liberal Democrats representing Whitley parents whose children have been overlooked for places at the Madjeski Academy have demanded to know what has happened to secondary school admissions in South Reading - and have made a Freedom of Information request to make public to which areas school places at the Academy have gone to.
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Water Bills Rip-Off for Residents in Flats
27 March 2008
Cllr Gareth Epps, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary campaigner for Reading East, is warning residents of a potential rip-off after residents contacted him pointing out that Thames Water promised to cut water bills for thousands of local people living in flats – then put the rates up.
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Lib Dems in Reading call on Salter to apologise for Iraq vote
26 March 2008
Liberal Democrats in Reading have called Labour MP Martin Salter to account for failing to vote against the disastrous invasion of Iraq on the fifth anniversary of the start of the almost certainly illegal war.
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Lib Dems press for full public participation to hold FGW to account
19 March 2008
Following their successful motion to Council last month highlighting the poor performance of First Great Western (FGW) and calling for an urgent public meeting, the Lib Dems tonight urged Reading's Labour Council to hold a scrutiny meeting open to all as a priority at a meeting of Reading Borough Council's Corporate, Community and External Affairs Panel this evening. During the debate Labour and Tory councillors sought to limit public participation as they feared a public row:
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Labour caves in to Lib Dem calls for action on empty homes
29 February 2008
Redlands Councillor, Daisy Benson, and Lib Dem parliamentary campaigner for Reading East and Katesgrove Councillor Gareth Epps have welcomed Labour’s belated action to tackle empty homes after Lib Dems called for action TWO YEARS AGO.
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795 families lost homes in Reading in 2007
25 February 2008
Too many families in Reading are losing their homes because of difficulties over mortgage payments, claim leading local Liberal Democrat campaigners Gareth Epps and Patrick Murray (photo right).
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Legal Challenge the next step after DISGRACEFUL Post Office Closures
22 February 2008
Gareth Epps, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary campaigner for Reading East and Councillor for Katesgrove, is to examine taking legal action to save at least one Reading Post Office, as news emerged today (22 February) that all five Post Offices in Reading that were threatened with closure will close.
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Council Quizzed on Heathrow Expansion
19 February 2008
LOCAL Lib Dem campaigner Cllr Gareth Epps is to put the Labour-run Reading Borough Council on the spot at its Council meeting today on the Government's proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport, as the much-criticised consultation exercise run by the Government draws to a close.
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Lib Dems call on poor performing First Great Western to face Reading’s commuters ‘face to face’
18 February 2008
Reading Lib Dems have put First Great Western's poor performance at the top of the political agenda this week. The Lib Dems have tabled a motion to this Tuesday’s full Council meeting highlighting widespread public concerns about the poor performance of First Great Western trains (FGW trains), and demanding that the Council organises a public meeting to invite FGW to listen to the concerns of Reading’s commuters.
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Local Businesses Must Go For Gold
12 February 2008
Cllr Gareth Epps, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary spokesperson for Reading East, is encouraging all local businesses to boost their business by logging onto the London 2012 website.
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