According to a Times Survey of 200 councils across the country Council Tax bills are to increase by more than twice the level of inflation this year, marking a doubling of the property tax in just ten years. The Liberal Democrats have re-stated their position that Council Tax should be axed and replaced with a fairer form of taxation.
Written by Andrew Duff and published in East Anglian Daily Times
Lib Dem Leadership hopeful Sir Menzies Campbell QC MP met Robin Lawrence to discuss aspects of the Park Ward campaign. Sir Menzies (or Ming as he is usually called) studied a recent Focus and told Robin that his style of campaigning for local people about local issues is a corner stone of the Liberal Democrats' philosophy.
Springvale's Liberal Democrat Focus Team organised a Rubbish Action Zone in the ward. Householders had an opportunity to get rid of their bulk rubbish which normal collections can not remove. At the end of the Action Zone on 18th February, which was for lower Woodcross and Deepfields, they had also cleared the fly-tipped rubbish in the lane between Fieldhouse Road and Wolverhampton Road East.
On June 10th 2004, the Liberal Democrats secured the election of 12 Euro-MPs, our highest-ever number, including at least one in every region of England. Here in Scotland, Elspeth Attwooll MEP has proved to be a highly effective Member of the European Parliament.
This weekend the Epsom & Ewell Liberal Democrats have announced that Julie Morris will be their candidate for the Town ward by-election. The date of this by-election is not yet known, but is expected to be in late March. Lindsey Fisk, the retiring councillor, said: "I'd like to introduce our excellent candidate to you: Julie Morris was a councillor for nearly six years until she lost her seat by three votes in 2003. She is an experienced campaigner and utterly dedicated to the needs of local residents and to the well-being of our borough.Town ward will do no better than to elect Julie to serve alongside my colleagues Colin Taylor and Charles Wood."