http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articlearchive.php Recent Press Articles from Gedling Liberal Democrats en-GB Gedling Liberal Democrats http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Gedling Liberal Democrats 2010-09-10T03:25+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000026/save_gedling_recycling_centre.html The Tory run County Council are proposing to close the Gedling Household Waste and Recyling Centre on Arnold Lane. The County Council are looking to save money and claim that the Centre at Gedling is poorly utilized. They also believe that many people who live outside the County Council area, such as residents of the City of Nottingham are crossing the "County border" to use the Centre rather than their own Centre within the City boundaries. 2010-01-23T18:50+00:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000025/county_tories_propose_massive_33m_million_of_cuts.html Nottinghamshire County Council's Tory administration are proposing massive cuts to services later in the year. A large part of the Tories' money saving plans are targeted at the elderly. 2010-01-23T01:15+00:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000023/libdems_call_for_electrification_of_the_midland_mainline.html East Midlands Liberal democrats have called for the electrification of the Midland mainline from Sheffield to London after a report by Network Rail recommended the upgrade. Electirifcation will make travelling to London much quicker and will be more environmentally friendly than the current diesel engines. 2009-12-09T23:28+00:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000021/miners_memorial.html This is the idea of Graham Tavner, an ex-miner, who lives in Gedling. He wants to commemorate the 129 miners who died in the mine between 1902 and 1991 He intended that it would be a full - size miner's cart filled with flowers on the land opposite the War Memorial. 2009-10-08T23:31+01:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000022/labours_lost_generation__tackling_the_challenge_of_youth_unemployment.html Young people looking for a job would not go more than three months without a right of access to a place in work, training, or education, under plans unveiled by Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats. 2009-09-28T23:28+01:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000019/liberal_democrats_back_plans_to_reform_mps_expenses.html The Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference today backed radical plans to reform MPs' expenses. 2009-09-21T23:26+01:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000017/may_2009_focus.html Car Parking Charges 2009-05-01T23:00+01:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000011/liberal_democrats_will_cut_peoples_income_tax_bill_by_700__clegg.html The Liberal Democrats will fight the next general election with a pledge to cut income tax bills by £700 for people on low and middle incomes, Nick Clegg revealed today. 2009-04-20T23:00+01:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000012/laws_class_sizes_should_be_cut_to_15.html Liberal Democrat Shadow Schools Secretary, David Laws today called for a massive boost to education spending to allow class sizes to be cut from up to 30 pupils to 15 for all five to seven year olds. 2009-03-06T23:00+00:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000016/march_2009_focus.html Your Council Tax Bill for Next Year: County Council UP 3%; Gedling UP 2.44%; Police UP 4.94%; Fire UP 3.5%, Overall, that's an increase of a little over 3% 2009-03-01T23:00+00:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000010/financial_rescue_plan_needed_for_gedling_council.html Councillors have recently been told that Gedling Borough is heading for a £498,200 overspend on this year's budget. This enormous overspend is the only one we can remember in the last 26 years. It's taken Gedling's ruling Tories just 15 months of slackness to turn a financially sound council into a financial mess. 2008-10-04T09:44+01:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000009/killisick_court_arnold_latest_update.html The news gets worse. 2008-10-04T09:37+01:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000007/gedlings_donothing_council.html Every year Gedling's Leisure Department increases its prices for the use of its leisure centres, pitches, etc. Last year it put up the prices by too much and takings dropped by £85,000! 2008-10-04T09:24+01:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000014/october_2008_focus.html Do-Nothing Council - 3 2008-10-01T23:00+01:00 http://www.gedlinglibdems.org.uk/articles/000013/september_2008_focus.html Icelandic Banks 2008-09-01T23:00+01:00