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Daisy Benson selected as prospective candidate for the Reading West constituency
16 January 2010
Reading Liberal Democrats are delighted to announce the selection of Daisy Benson as our prospective candidate for the Reading West constituency. Daisy is a popular and hard working councillor for the Reading Borough Council ward of Redlands where she has built up a reputation as the people’s champion.
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Empty Homes: Major Pledge Launched as Reading's Lib Dem Action Welcomed
14 January 2010
The Liberal Democrats nationally launched a major manifesto pledge as part of our 'Green New Deal' to bring a quarter of a million empty homes back into use nationwide, creating some 65,000 jobs. Reading East prospective Liberal Democrat MP Gareth Epps has welcomed reports by Reading Borough Council of action to tackle empty properties since the Lib Dem move for the Council to do more.
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Gareth Epps puts fairness at the heart of Reading East's Liberal Democrat campaign
11 January 2010
The Liberal Democrats have announced they will fight the General Election on four key principles, designed to make Britain a fairer place.
Prospective MP for Reading East, Cllr Gareth Epps has today set out his campaign priorities: fair taxes; a fair start for every child; fair, clean and local politics and a fair, green economy with jobs that last.
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Lib Dems Start Advice Surgery For Polish Community
17 December 2009
Reading's Liberal Democrat prospective MP for Reading East, Cllr Gareth Epps, and leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Reading Borough Council, Cllr Kirsten Bayes, started a new advice surgery for members of the town's significant Polish community on Saturday 12 December.
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Berkshire NHS Have No Idea Whether Veterans Are Being Treated Under Govt Priority Scheme
17 Dec 2009
The Royal Berkshire Hospital is among 80% of NHS hospital Trusts who have no idea whether they have treated any veterans under the Government’s priority treatment scheme, according to research by the Liberal Democrats.
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NEWS Corporate Assessment findings 'very worrying' on crime and neighbourhoods
12 December 2009
Commenting on the release of the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) and Organisational Assessment report on Reading Borough Council, Cllr Gareth Epps, Liberal Democrat group spokesperson on Communities & Neighbourhoods and prospective MP for Reading East, said:-
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Reading Lib Dems Join ‘The Wave’
08 December 2009
Reading’s Liberal Democrat prospective MP for Reading East, Cllr Gareth Epps, joined hundreds of Reading residents in London for Saturday’s [5 December] Stop Climate Chaos demonstration called ‘The Wave’ – but not before doing his bit locally.
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Bulmershe Bus Campaign Gathers Force
07 December 2009
Liberal Democrat campaigners are calling for Reading University and Reading Transport to work together to restore a vital bus link for students cut earlier this Autumn.
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Lights, Cameras, Action !!
20 November 2009
Well they have been a long time coming but we can now report that our local Neighbourhood Police Team in Tilehurst now have access to the speed guns purchased by the Council after Ricky Duveen, backed by the rest of the Lib Dem Group managed to get them included in this year’s budget. Not bad for a minority party that had to fight both Labour and Tory opposition to get this measure adopted.
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Queen's Speech a 'self-serving charade' - Lib Dems
18 November 2009
Liberal Democrats in Reading have slammed the contents of today's Queen's Speech as a 'self-serving charade'.
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Objections to Closure of Station Hill
09 November 2009
Reading Lib Dems have posted objections to the Traffic Orders advertised by Reading BC for closing Station Hill as part of the planned Sackville development opposite the station.
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Epps Declares the Jolly Anglers' Green Light to Reopen as Pub: "A Massive Victory of National Significance"
06 November 2009
Reading East's Liberal Democrat prospective MP and one of the leaders of the Jollydarity campaign to reopen Newtown's Jolly Anglers, Cllr Gareth Epps, has hailed as a 'massive victory' the news that Enterprise Inns has lifted the restrictive covenant on the community pub, closed in brutal fashion in June - permitting it to reopen.
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Devastating Sandford Farm Appeal Verdict
05 November 2009
Cllr Gareth Epps, Liberal Democrat prospective MP for Reading East, has reacted with anger to the news that the Planning Inspector has allowed a massive development on the controversial Sandford Farm site in Woodley in the constituency.
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Kelly Report Must be Accepted in Full
05 November 2009
Commenting on the publication of the Kelly report proposing radical reform of MPs' expenses, Cllr Gareth Epps, Liberal Democrat prospective MP for Reading East, said:-
"MPs must accept this report in full. We need MPs of all parties to come together and agree them without argument, and we need the new independent Parliamentary standards body to implement them without delay. The public must see action taken before the forthcoming General Election.
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Jolly Anglers Update
02 November 2009
Cllr Gareth Epps, Liberal Democrat prospective MP for Reading East, has asked for calm following intense speculation over the future of the Jolly Anglers pub in Newtown. Gareth has been closely involved from the start with the Jollydarity campaign to save the pub.
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Epps, has pledged his support for Vote Cruelty Free
31 October 2009
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary campaigner and prospective MP for Reading East, Cllr Gareth Epps, has pledged his support for Vote Cruelty Free, a new non-partisan coalition of animal protection organisations working to put animals on the political agenda.
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Reading students could face £7,000 tuition fees
17 October 2009
There is now less than eight months to save a new generation of young people from huge increases in university tuition fees, according to Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate for Reading East, Cllr Gareth Epps.
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Mortgage Rescue Scheme has Helped NOBODY in Reading - OFFICIAL
16 October 2009
The Labour Government's flagship mortgage rescue scheme has - it was confirmed on Tuesday (13 October) - helped nobody at all in Reading since its launch in January.
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Gareth Epps Launches Woodley Bus Survey
23 September 2009
Reading Buses are planning to stop running the 63/64 services to Colemansmoor Rd, Woodley Airfield and Glendevon Rd areas in September, replacing the service with an hourly service by extending the route of the 62.
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LIB DEM Survey Exposes Extent of "PUBCO" Damage to Reading's Pubs
07 September 2009
Low incomes, arbitrary rent rises and inflated costs – there is more than a hint of bitterness in the taste under-fire Enterprise Inns and their fellow ‘pubcos’ leave for Reading’s publicans, according to the results of a survey released today by Reading East's Liberal Democrat Parliamentary campaigner Cllr Gareth Epps.
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