http://nigelashton.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Nigel Ashton en-GB Nigel Ashton http://nigelashton.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Nigel Ashton 2010-03-13T20:26+00:00 United Kingdom http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000089/colin_firth_on_why_to_vote_liberal_democrat.html Actor Colin Firth, former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Ken Macdonald QC and musician Brian Eno have all contributed to a book entitled 'Why Vote Liberal Democrat'. 2010-03-03T17:55+00:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000088/another_southport_conservative_resignation.html I am just hearing news that Michael Hunton has resigned as Chairman of Southport Conservatives Kew Ward branch. 2010-02-02T12:07+00:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000087/conservatives_sack_their_southport_chairman.html Jackie Glover has been removed as chairman of Southport Conservative Association. The Conservative Party issued the following press release on Tuesday 26th January: 2010-01-26T17:30+00:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000086/iraq_double_whammy_for_gordon_brown.html Not only did Gordon Brown sign the cheques for the Iraq War - he failed to pay for the peace. 2010-01-14T10:20+00:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000085/southport_bin_collections.html Where possible bin collection and recycling services are now operating across Sefton, but only where collections can be made safely. 2010-01-11T18:32+00:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000084/lib_dem_votes_are_not_for_sale.html In an article for the Times, Nick Clegg has warned his opponents against seeking to cosy up to him in the hope of exerting influence after the election. 2010-01-05T09:17+00:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000083/lib_dems_will_scrap_tuition_fees.html Nick Clegg has delivered good news for students and for everyone who wants a fairer Britain. The Liberal Democrats have agreed a way to deliver one of the Party's most important policies, the scrapping of unfair tuition fees. 2010-01-05T08:41+00:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000082/a_belief_in_fairness.html In his New Year message, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg laid down a challenge to other party leaders to tell people what they really believe in, rather than what they think people want to hear. 2010-01-05T08:28+00:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000081/700_off_income_tax.html The Liberal Democrats have put forward tax plans to help ordinary people. Anyone earning under £10,000 will pay no income tax. This means a tax cut of £700 for people on low and middle incomes - giving families the help they need. This tax cut will be paid for by closing tax loopholes exploited by big business and the rich. 2009-12-01T23:40+00:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000080/conservatives_vote_to_deprive_southport_of_its_library.html Conservative members on Sefton Council's ruling Cabinet voted with Labour to close down Southport's main library service for three years. 2009-11-12T23:05+00:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000079/nick_clegg_launches_dont_short_change_our_troops_fair_pay_for_our_armed_forces.html We can't reward lions with peanuts - Liberal Democrats believe that we must take action now to restore the military covenant between the Armed Forces and the people. 2009-09-06T17:24+01:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000078/community_support_officers_financially_unsupported.html Southport's MP, Lib Dem John Pugh, has warned that we could be 'sleepwalking into trouble' with the announcement that 18 Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) will be lost from Sefton's streets. Time-limited funding for PCSOs is scheduled to run out in 2010. 2009-08-25T14:53+01:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000077/a_record_of_action_and_a_promise_of_more.html The North West's Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament, Chris Davies, has an impressive record of action. Electing more Lib Dems to Europe will lead to even greater action on issues that matter. 2009-06-04T00:35+01:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000076/stronger_together_poorer_apart__vote_liberal_democrat_for_a_positive_future_in_europe.html The Liberal Democrats are the only party with a positive message for the European elections on Thursday June 4th. We will work through the European Union to ensure: 2009-06-04T00:09+01:00 http://nigelashton.org.uk/news/000075/bootle_labour_councillor_joins_lib_dems.html A Labour councillor in Sefton has defected to the Liberal Democrats. 2009-05-26T13:45+01:00