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30 Most Recent News Stories
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Thu 24th Apr 2008
The Conservatives are claiming that the Liberal Democrats wilfully refused to support a fully costed scheme which would have preserved tokens for the disabled and vulnerable.
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Sat 22nd Mar 2008
The new statutory national concessionary fares scheme, which will be introduced in April, is far more generous than the current Maidstone Borough Council scheme, in that it gives concessions on local buses anywhere in England for those aged 60 years or more, and for disabled and people with mobility problems of any age.
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Sun 9th Mar 2008
The Cabinet this year has faced significant challenges. First of all we had to rise to the challenge of residents expectations. Residents wanted to retain weekly waste collections but also demanded an excellent recycling service. We were told this on the doorstep and this expectation was confirmed through our extensive budget simulator exercise.
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Sun 9th Mar 2008
Lib Dems in Maidstone have delivered the lowest Council tax rise in Kent while maintaining front line services, thanks to responsible investment alongside tough financial management.
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Wed 19th Dec 2007
New Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg MP today promised to give a voice to the people of Maidstone who feel ignored by politicians.
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Fri 9th Nov 2007
People in Maidstone are being given the chance to set out what they would like the council to spend its money on. Maidstone Borough Council has created an online budget simulator where residents can log on and have their say on how the money should be spent.
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Mon 5th Nov 2007
Sustainable Maidstone, with the support of Maidstone Borough Council,has arranged two free showings of Nobel Prize winning Al Gore's film 'An Inconvenient Truth'. These will be shown at The Exchange on Saturday
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Tue 16th Oct 2007
Sir Ming Campbell has announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Democrats with immediate effect.
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Tue 9th Oct 2007
At The last local elections, the people of Maidstone gave a clear message to the Liberal Democrats that they wished to keep weekly waste collection. In contrast, the Conservative Party had already decided that they would switch to a fortnightly collection from October 2007.
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Thu 15th May 2008
Maidstone Lib Dems have enthusiastically welcomed the decision by the last remaining Councillor on Maidstone Council to leave Labour and join the Lib Dems. Cllr Daniel Moriarty said, 'Labour has lost its core values of looking after the working class, pensioners and the underprivileged. Following many recent decisions by the Labour government, not least the scrapping of the 10p starter rate of income tax in the last budget, I have resigned from the Labour Party. I tendered my resignation on 29 April, prior to the election results, and joined the Liberal Democrats. In Maidstone, the Liberal Democrats have demonstrated their commitment to residents by delivering the lowest council tax increase in Kent, more affordable housing and a quality recycling scheme - alongside retained weekly bin collections'.
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Tue 22nd Apr 2008
Following the intervention of Cllr. Fran Wilson, Lib Dem Leader of Maidstone Borough Council, the Government's Highways Agency has now set a date for the introduction of an innovative Controlled Motorway initiative on the M20 between junctions 4 and 7. The Controlled Motorway, which allows speed limits to be set in response to prevailing road conditions to improve traffic flows and safety, was piloted on the M25 near Heathrow with great success.
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Sun 20th Apr 2008
This shocking picture shows Councillor Nick Schnell and Lib Dem Environment Chief Tony Harwood with just a few of the hundreds of used hypodermic syringes discovered on the River Medway tow-path in Fant ward during a Spring Clean led by local Liberal Democrat Councillors.
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Sun 20th Apr 2008
From the outset, the Liberal Democrats opposed the 500,000 tonne per annum incinerator that in now operating in Allington Quarry. They always thought it was too big and that there were better solutions for waste disposal. However, it is here now. The best use possible must be made of it to recover energy and to use the associated recycling facility to recover materials for re-use. Councillor Malcolm Robertson and others will keep the operation under the very tightest scrutiny to make sure that it is posing little or no risk to our community.
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Sun 20th Apr 2008
This year will see the 360th anniversary of the 1648 Battle of Maidstone. Lib Dem Councillor David Pickett has worked hard to instigate a very special festival weekend which will take place between 30 May and 1 June. The event will include a unique exhibition at Maidstone Museum and there will be a food fair and craft market in the town centre.
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Thu 10th Apr 2008
A group of Lib Dem councillors taking part in a regular weekend work-party in a town centre nature reserve discovered large quantities of fly-tipped asbestos. The illegally dumped asbestos boards, the remains of a demolished out-building, is now being removed from the River Len Nature Reserve by a specialist cleansing team from Maidstone Borough Council. The asbestos rubble was found between the river and the rear gardens of properties in Square Hill Road, Maidstone.
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Thu 10th Apr 2008
Maidstone town centre visitors no longer have to throw away their drinks cans, plastic bottles, plastic sandwich wrappers or newspapers. Maidstone Borough Council has installed ten special recycling bins in the town centre and a further two at Coxheath Parade so that shoppers can throw away their litter with a clear conscience that they will be recycled.
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Mon 24th Mar 2008
A petition has been set up on the Downing Street petitions web site calling for the Prime Minister to look at the safety issues surrounding the foreign lorries on our roads.
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Mon 24th Mar 2008
Local Lib Dems have initiated a 'Big Spring Clean' in woodland off Hunton Hill near Coxheath. The Coxheath and Hunton Liberal Democrat Councillors accompanied by local campaigner Moira Walter and other locals spent Saturday morning clearing dumped tyres, traffic cones, building trade debris and litter from picturesque woodland flanking Hunton Hill.
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Mon 10th Mar 2008
At the end of the School holidays last year, the County Council announced the temporary closure of the footbridge over the Medway from Maidstone East Station for refurbishment.
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Sun 9th Mar 2008
There have been concerns about the slow progress on the school. Liberal Democrat leader of the Borough council, Fran Wilson, and County Councillor Dan Daley have requested a meeting and have now met with KCC leader Paul Carter.
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Sun 9th Mar 2008
Under the Lib Dems, Maidstone Borough Council's car parks are safe, secure and reasonably priced. They will now also remain free to use on Sundays. In contrast, town centre car parks operated by Conservative controlled Kent County Council charge on Sundays, as do the Town's commercially operated car parks such as Fremlins, Chequers Mall and Sainsbury's.
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Sun 9th Mar 2008
Denise Joy reports that she has been contacted by residents suggesting that mobile CCTV camera points should be provided in Blythe Road to enable the deployment of mobile CCTV cameras.
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Wed 13th Feb 2008
A nature reserve in the heart of Maidstone's town centre is getting a boost with the planting of 150 native trees and shrubs including Holly, alder buckthorn, Blackthorn, Hawthorn and Wild Privet.
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Mon 7th Jan 2008
Owls, Kestrels, Jackdaws and other beautiful birds could soon become a common sight in the borough again under a new scheme to introduce a range of bird boxes in the town's parks.
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Thu 20th Dec 2007
There has been a big improvement in local crime figures since the Lib Dems won back leadership of Maidstone Council from the Conservatives. Latest crime statistics show a 9.9% reduction in all crime for the period from April to November 2007 compared with the same period last year. The Lib Dems are not complacent and believe their tough policies to improve our local environment and build strong communities can drive criminal behaviour down more.
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Mon 12th Nov 2007
Maidstone's biggest ever Clean Sweep campaign was launched on the 30th October when Maidstone Council officers and councillors together with the Meadow View Group cleared litter from our town centre water-courses. Scores of sacks of litter were collected, alongside the usual suspect shopping trolleys and other bulky rubbish.
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Mon 5th Nov 2007
Local Lib Dem Councillors are asking residents to support their campaign to stop the closure of the Maidstone Post Offices.
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Sat 20th Oct 2007
When the new Liberal Democrat Administration took over in May a priority was
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Mon 8th Oct 2007
On Saturday 22nd September, on a beautiful sunny morning, Ringlestone Residents and Tenants Association staged their first ever Ringlestone Community Action Day. This popular event was organized by local residents with keen support from Angela Borsos of the "The Beat Project" and local councillors Jenni Paterson, Ian Chittenden and Tony Harwood.
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Thu 4th Oct 2007
Fly tippers have struck in Yalding and your help is needed to catch the culprits.
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