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David Heath leaves Lib Dem Front Bench after referendum vote.
Wed 5th Mar 2008
David Heath, MP for Somerton and Frome, has left his position as Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Justice after voting to support a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Mr Heath was asked to resign by Party Leader Nick Clegg following his decision not to follow a three-line whip to abstain in the division in the Commons this evening.
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Close shave for Tories
Sun 4th May 2008
The Mendip North East County Council by-election - caused by the disqualification of the previous Conservative Councillor - almost resulted in a big upset for the Tories.
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MP's PLEA ON THATCHES
Mon 7th Apr 2008
Local MP David Heath has called for a rethink on the way planning officers deal with thatched cottages in an intervention in the House of Commons. In a question to local government minister Hazel Blears, Mr Heath called for relaxing guidelines on listed buildings to deal with a national shortage of thatching straw.
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GIVE US BACK OUR SEAT, SAYS MP
Mon 7th Apr 2008
People in Frome who are waiting for a bus in the town centre, or have simply shopped till they drop, are finding it a little bit harder on the feet in Frome, since the bench which used to stand outside the old post office was taken away.
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Lib Dem South Somerset leads again!
Fri 21st Mar 2008
South Somerset District Council's thorough councillor development system has put it straight to the top of the list of the best training councils this week- and it is the first council in the South West region to make the grade.
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GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE RURAL POVERTY SERIOUSLY - HEATH
Mon 10th Mar 2008
David Heath, MP for Somerton and Frome, has called on the Government to recognise the damaging evidence within the report by the government's rural advocate, Stuart Burgess and Rural Services Network's warning that little has been done to solve rural problems.
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DAVID HEATH SUPPORTS RALLY TO SECURE THE FUTURE OF PIG FARMING
Mon 10th Mar 2008
David Heath, MP for Somerton and Frome, last week attended the Pigs Are Worth It! Rally in London, where he met constituents involved in the pig industry, who are fighting to secure the future of the British pig industry. Hundreds of pig farmers also attended the event and presented a campaign petition to 10 Downing Street. Over 10,000 signatures have already been logged by the British Pig Executive (BPEX)'s online e-petition calling for fair prices.
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"Liberalism in Britain has lost a great champion, the Liberal Democrats, a great advocate and our public life, a great servant. "
Lord Paddy Ashdown
In memory of Lord Richard Holme, who died on 5 May
"If the Tories want to claim that they are going to cut corporation tax, they have to come clean about how they are going to pay for it. Cutting the main rate of corporation tax to 25% will cost more than £5bn a year. If David Cameron is to have a hope of sounding credible he must state clearly where the money will come from. Otherwise this will be seen as yet another unfunded tax cut. "
Vince Cable - Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor
www.libdems.org.uk - 2 May
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