News - Mid Suffolk Liberal Democrats

"NHS Dental crisis goes from bad to worse" says Rochdale MP

Rochdale's MP Paul Rowen has reacted angrily after it emerged that the town's last NHS Dental Practice in Rochdale is to go private. Balderstone Dental Practice on Balderstone Road will no longer treat NHS Patients-only from April 1st 2006. Hundreds of residents across Rochdale Borough received the New Year Letter that they were dreading when the letter from the practice confirmed many residents fears. Paul will be raising this issue in Parliament this Tuesday in a debate on the new NHS Contracts.

21 Feb 2006

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Rowen Welcomes Government's Incapacity Benefit Consultation!

Rochdale MP Paul Rowen is being consulted on his views on Incapacity Benefit by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, after it was revealed that Rochdale has one of the highest number of people on Incapacity Benefit in the UK.

21 Feb 2006

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A421 Closed For Resurfacing

A main road will be closed in both directions during the night over the next four weeks for resurfacing work.

21 Feb 2006

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Lib Dems want to make music with the people of Bedfordshire

At last week's County Council meeting the Tory-run County Council voted as part of their budget a cut to the funding of Bedfordshire¹s Music Service. This service is of importance to many children and adults within Bedfordshire.

21 Feb 2006

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Leadership Challenger lends support to local candidate

Local Liberal Democrat campaigner and candidate for Heathtown, David Jack, has had his campaign in Heathtown endorsed and supported by one of the Liberal Democrat Leadership Contenders recently.

21 Feb 2006

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Whitmore Reans green space again under threat

At the end of last year developers submitted a plan to Wolverhampton Council to build flats on open green space at the corner of Coleman Street and Gibbs Street. Wolverhampton Liberal Democrats are prominent in campaigns to protect public green space and in January the City's Planning Committee rejected the application. It now seems that the developers are exercising their right to appeal and want to try again to build on the site.

21 Feb 2006

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