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30 Most Recent News Stories
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Wed 24th Feb 2010
The campaign to Keep Full Maternity at Maidstone Hospital has received a welcome and unexpected boost. Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for Maidstone, Peter Carroll, has met with the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP. An unscheduled meeting took place outside the Department of Health in Whitehall when Peter was handing in letters from over 3,000 local people opposing the downgrade.
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Mon 22nd Feb 2010
Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for Maidstone, Peter Carroll has reacted with joy to the news that the powerful Health Scrutiny Committee of Kent County Council is to ask the Government to 'call in' and review the decision to downgrade maternity at Maidstone Hospital.
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Fri 19th Feb 2010
Lib Dems at Kent County Hall have called for all of KCC's £50million roadworks programme to be put out to competition from local firms. Currently much of KCC's £50 million annual spending on roads goes to their partner contractors Ringway without open competition.
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Thu 18th Feb 2010
Lib Dem County Councillors have proposed a package of cuts at County Hall which would result in no increase to current Council Tax bills, and which would have no effect on services to residents. In a package totalling £10.4 millions of savings, the Lib Dems proposed:
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Tue 16th Feb 2010
Peter Carroll is supporting a new initiative to help fight for better commuter services into London. Peter has given his backing to the newly launched on line forum
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Tue 16th Feb 2010
Lib Dem campaigner Peter Carroll has slammed the City and 'Big Banks' for the return of Bonus culture. Peter is reacting to news that Barclays today announced over £11 Billion in profits and will pay enormous bonuses. Peter believes that paying bonuses to bankers in this climate is 'Bank Robbery'.
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Tue 16th Feb 2010
Maidstone Borough Council confirm their Intent to axe the popular Weekend Freighter Service . Plus weekly waste collection service is once again under threat.
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Mon 15th Feb 2010
Maidstone Maternity Campaigner Peter Carroll will be back in Whitehall on Tuesday 23rd February to fight against the downgrading of Maternity services in the County Town. Peter will be standing outside the Department of Health at 11.00am with over 3,000 letters from local people all asking for the Secretary of State to intervene and stop the downgrade. Many of the letters will be stuck to a 100ft long banner. This visit to Whitehall follows on from Peter handing in an enormous petition to 10 Downing Street a few weeks ago.
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Mon 15th Feb 2010
Peter Carroll, the Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for Maidstone & The Weald has welcomed the long awaited report from the KCC working group set up to investigate the downgrading of Maidstone Maternity. The report recommends that Kent County Council ask the Secretary of State for Health to 'call in' and review the decision.
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Wed 10th Feb 2010
Peter Carroll has today announced an important set of pledges to the electorate of Maidstone and the Weald.
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Mon 8th Feb 2010
The Liberal Democrats have set out their General Election plans to put 3,000 more police out on the beat to cut crime.
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Fri 5th Feb 2010
Lib Dem Cllrs Brian Mortimer and Colin Parr are angry that Conservative-led Maidstone Borough Council is considering cutting £120,000 from the Street Cleaning budget.
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Fri 5th Feb 2010
After twelve years of Labour rule, children still aren't getting the opportunities they deserve.
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Mon 1st Feb 2010
The closure of public toilets by Conservative run Maidstone Council has hit the elderly and young families hard.
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Tue 26th Jan 2010
Maidstone Council park and ride and pay and display car parks were plunged into danger during the busiest shopping weekend of the year, leading up to Christmas.
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Sun 24th Jan 2010
Peter Carroll has reacted with anger to the recent loss of some direct commuter services to London.
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Wed 20th Jan 2010
A big thank you to all that have signed the Keep Full Maternity in Maidstone Petition and/or supported the Facebook Group - Keep Full Maternity in Maidstone.
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Mon 18th Jan 2010
Deputy Leader of Maidstone Council Lib Dems Cllr Tony Harwood and local campaigner Peter Carroll are urging all Maidstone and the Weald residents to sign the RSPB "Letter to the Future". Some 100,000 people across the UK have already signed-up to this heart-felt plea to politicians from all parties to take action to protect our embattled wildlife and green spaces.
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Fri 15th Jan 2010
The Lib Dem Leader of the Opposition at County Hall has reacted angrily to a Kent County Council (KCC) decision to ban Parish Councils from buying their own salt bins.
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Sun 10th Jan 2010
I have been appalled by the state of our roads and pavements in Maidstone and across Kent during the recent cold spell.
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Wed 6th Jan 2010
The closure of popular public toilets in Maidstone Town Centre, has angered local residents and visitors to Maidstone. The practicality of the so called alternative facilities, have now raised serious concern in relation to public health and safety.
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Wed 6th Jan 2010
Happy New Year!
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Tue 5th Jan 2010
Late last year John, a disabled man in Bower Street, paid £25 for a visitor's permit for his son. John and the Lib Dems were horrified to discover that it was only valid until this April.
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Thu 24th Dec 2009
Trudy Dean, Lib Dem Leader of the Opposition on Kent County Council, has called on Kent County Council (KCC) to sort out a bureaucratic squabble which has left many pavements in residential areas impassable since the snow set in last Friday.
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Mon 7th Dec 2009
Malcolm Robertson, KCC Liberal Democrat Opposition Spokesperson on Transport matters and Maidstone Borough Council Railways Champion is outraged by the Government's decision to axe Maidstone and West Malling's vital direct commuter rail service to London Canon Street and Charing Cross via London Bridge.
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Mon 30th Nov 2009
Malcolm Robertson, Lib Dem County Councillor for Maidstone Central, wishes to clarify the following points raised in this newspaper article:
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Wed 18th Nov 2009
Peter Carroll's campaign to Keep Full Maternity in Maidstone has received very strong support from across the Coxheath and Hunton Ward. Cllr Brian Mortimer said, "Hundreds of people from our area have signed Peter's petition and sent it back. I know from talking to local people that they just don't accept that our County Town should have this vital service downgraded."
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Wed 18th Nov 2009
You can find the answers to this month's quiz on the Coxheath and Hunton pages of this website (link below). How will you do?
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Wed 18th Nov 2009
On 25th October Kent Highways started work on the alterations that needed to be carried out on the Coxheath traffic calming scheme. These alterations are due to health and safety issues. Kent County Council will be closely monitoring the scheme over the next 6 months and will then produce a report on its performance. Cllr Brian Mortimer and Cllr Colin Parr, along with members of the Coxheath Parish Council, are due to meet with the County Council's cabinet member for Highways to receive an update on all issues relating to the traffic calming.
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Thu 12th Nov 2009
There is only one party that is serious about the environment and in a position to defend it: the Liberal Democrats. That's why it's vital as many Liberal Democrat supporters as possible take part in the day on action on 5 December.
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