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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Tue 2nd Mar 2010
Barnet Liberal Democrats will be putting forward proposals for a fairer, better Barnet in their alternative budget at the Council's budget meeting tonight (2nd March).
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Sun 7th Feb 2010
Liberal Democrat members in Chipping Barnet have selected Stephen Barber to be Parliamentary Candidate.
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Mon 11th Jan 2010
Barnet Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidates Laura Edge and Matthew Harris have put fairness at the heart of the Liberal Democrat campaign
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Mon 21st Dec 2009
Matthew Harris, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate for Hendon was interviewed in Parliament Square. Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXMG7_iiQZg to see Matthew explain the key issues affecting Hendon
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Tue 8th Dec 2009
Barnet Liberal Democrats have selected their three Candidates to fight Mill Hill Ward in the 2010 Local Elections.
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Sat 21st Nov 2009
Barnet's Tory controlled Council has said that refuse collection is not a core service. The Council Leader and Chief Executive were being questioned by Liberal Democrat Leader Cllr Jack Cohen.
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Sat 7th Nov 2009
Barnet Lib Dems have reacted angrily to news that the concessionary fares scheme in London will be cut by £29m this coming year.
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Thu 5th Nov 2009
Hundreds of brand new lap top computers are being wasted by Barnet Council. Last year, the Council spent almost £1.4 million on 1400 new computers. Over a year later, 100 of these are still un-used and in store. Yet the Tory Deputy Council leader has just signed an order to purchase 300 new machines at a cost of over £275,000
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Tue 3rd Nov 2009
Barnet Liberal Democrats are demanding that Barnet Council join with neighbouring Camden and Brent to encourage closer cooperation in Cricklewood.
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Tue 3rd Nov 2009
Barnet Liberal Democrats are backing proposals to publish all Council expenditure over £500. Cllr Jack Cohen, leader of the Liberal Democrat Group is welcoming plans, which if implemented will give residents access to how the Council spend taxpayers' money. Cllr Cohen believes the Tory Administration has a poor record on transparent transactions and accountability but nevertheless he welcomes their belated attempt to improve.
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Sun 18th Oct 2009
Barnet Council has paid out £1.79million in compensation to people who have been injured by tripping on pavements in the borough in the past five years. It is ranked the ninth worst local authority in the country according to information the Liberal Democrats obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Wed 7th Oct 2009
Matthew Harris has been selected as the Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Hendon and will fight the seat at the next General Election.
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Tue 22nd Sep 2009
The Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg has slated Barnet Council's plans to use a budget airline system as "misguided".
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Sun 6th Sep 2009
The Liberal Democrats are calling for all meetings of Barnet Council to be broadcast live on the internet. Liberal Democrat Group Leader, Cllr Jack Cohen, will put forward a motion at next Tuesday's Full Council Meeting calling on the Council to start videoing meetings.
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Sat 5th Sep 2009
Leader of Barnet Liberal Democrats Cllr Jack Cohen is wondering if Barnet Council's left hand knows what its right hand is doing. An eagle eyed resident spotted this odd street signage in West Finchley. Cllr Cohen complains this is yet another example of waste of council taxpayers' money. Cllr Cohen wonders how "any one can have faith in a Council that quite frankly doesn't know where it is going"
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Wed 15th Jul 2009
Barnet Liberal Democrats have called for a ban on street drinking on Cricklewood Broadway and Golders Green Road, but the proposals were blocked by the Conservative Council at the Council meeting on 14 July.
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Thu 18th Jun 2009
Barnet Liberal Democrats' last ditch effort to save the Sheltered Housing Service floundered this evening (18 June) on the Chairman of the Business Management Overview and Scrutiny sub Committee's casting vote. Cllr Jack Cohen, leader of Barnet Liberal Democrats, had called in the cabinet decision to scrap the Sheltered Housing Warden Service. Cllr Cohen, who had forced Conservative Cabinet Member Richard Cornelius to justify the proposed cuts, said he was bitterly disappointed with the outcome.
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Mon 8th Jun 2009
Thank you for your support in last week's elections. Across the country, the Lib Dems achieved a record high vote share of 28 per cent and beat Labour into third place. We won almost three times as many council seats as Labour (484 Liberal Democrat councillors to Labour's 178) and added Bristol to the list of major cities run by Liberal Democrats that also includes Cardiff, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield and Edinburgh. In the Euro elections, the Lib Dems gained an MEP, and have representation in every Region in England.
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Wed 20th May 2009
Taxpayers have paid £31,000 for a new room-booking system for Barnet Council.
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Sun 17th May 2009
Barnet Tories are behaving like the Labour Government's Political Lap Dogs. The Conservative Administration is proposing to restrict scrutiny of its decisions. Under plans to be voted upon at the Council's Annual meeting this Tuesday, the Conservative Administration intends to force through far reaching changes to the scrutiny procedure.
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