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Lib Dem Councillor Carol Caruana formally presents THOUSANDS of petitions organised by Portobello antiques traders

Thu 4th Mar 2010

On 3rd March, Portobello market antiques traders handed over the latest batch of their petitions to Carol Caruana who is Notting Hill's Liberal Democrat councillor and a long standing campaigner for the area. Councillor Caruana, weighed down by thousands of petitions, formally presented them at that night's Full Council meeting. The petition, organised by traders, calls for an end to the inconsistency in planning decisions which they fear is leading to the death of Portobello Market. The petitions have been signed by supporters of all three political parties.

Carol Caruana receiving the Portobello market petitions  (photography: Robin Meltzer)

Wornington Green planning decision goes down to the wire

Wed 3rd Mar 2010

On 2nd March, Kensington & Chelsea's Major Planning Development Committee passed - but only just - a controversial development plan to demolish the Wornington Green estate in North Kensington in order to replace it with a an estate with almost double the number of residents.

Kensington Town Hall

NEWS IN BRIEF: Conservative Earls Court councillor censured for breaking code of conduct

Sat 27th Feb 2010

Barry Phelps, the Conservative councillor for Earls Court, has been found guilty of two breaches of the Members' Code of Conduct. Cllr Phelps was found by the Standards Committee to have breached paragraphs relating to treating people with respect and to bringing the Council into disrepute.

Kensington & Chelsea Council admit lack of consultation over Earls Court sculpture

Tue 16th Feb 2010

Robin Meltzer, Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for Kensington, has called for the local Council to start its process for choosing a site for public art in the Earls Court area from scratch after the Council admitted that they had failed to consult properly on its location, the artist or the artwork.

The site of the proposed art. (Copyright Paul Farmer. Licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence)

Green jobs champion selected for new Chelsea & Fulham constituency

Thu 11th Feb 2010

Liberal Democrats in the new Constituency of Chelsea and Fulham have chosen green jobs champion Dirk Hazell as Prospective Parliamentary Candidate.

Dirk Hazell

Lib Dems back traders' Save Portobello Market campaign: thousands of signatures delivered to town hall

Mon 1st Feb 2010

1800 letters and almost 2000 petitions have been hand-delivered to the Town Hall from an estimated more than 2500 people who are deeply concerned about the future of Portobello Market.

Close up of the letters and petitions (photography: Robin Meltzer)

Scandal of 4000 empty houses in Kensington & Chelsea

Mon 18th Jan 2010

Figures released by the Liberal Democrats have shown there are 4,000 empty homes in Kensington & Chelsea and over 760,000 empty properties across England which are no longer used as homes but can be brought back into use with some investment. The Liberal Democrats have set out new plans to bring empty homes back into use, making homes available for people who need them and creating 65,000 jobs across the country.

Empty Property (photography: Duncan Borrowman)

Kensington & Chelsea Core Strategy: tick-box consultation, unjustified policies

Thu 10th Dec 2009

The Kensington & Chelsea Liberal Democrats have made a formal submission to the Planning Inspectorate, objecting to the final version of the Council's Core Strategy, the list of policies that are supposed to guide the Council for the next twenty years. The Liberal Democrats argue that the Core Strategy fails one of the Inspectorate's key legal tests of soundness on at least three counts.

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Kensington & Chelsea Lib Dems join Nick Clegg on the Wave

Sat 5th Dec 2009

On Saturday 5th December, Robin Meltzer, the Liberal Democrat campaigner for the new constituency of Kensington, led a team of local members and supporters to meet Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg at the Copenhagen Wave. The Wave was a day of action in London including a march on Parliament to publicise the importance of the Copenhagen summit on climate chaos.

K&C Lib Dems with Nick Clegg MP at the Wave (photography: Robin Meltzer)

"There is no guarantee in life": Labour's extraordinary snub to Portobello traders

Thu 3rd Dec 2009

The Labour Party in Kensington has been strongly criticised for brushing aside complaints from worried local traders and shopkeepers about the effect of the Western Extension of the Congestion Charge on trade in the Portobello area. Referring to the concerns of local traders, one Labour councillor said in the Council Chamber on 2nd December: "Capitalism is a risk game. There's no guarantee in life."

Labour SHAME graphic

Storm grows over Kensington & Chelsea Tory leader's overseas jaunts at taxpayers' expense

Thu 3rd Dec 2009

New documents relating to the more than £10,000 of originally undisclosed controversial expenses paid to Kensington & Chelsea Conservative leader Merrick Cockell have today been handed over to the District Auditor by the Liberal Democrats.

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London Assembly Liberal Democrats News Stories

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Wed 10th Mar 2010

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Fri 5th Mar 2010

The final nail in the coffin of Boris Johnson's airport proposals - Caroline Pidgeon
Mon 1st Mar 2010

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Thu 25th Feb 2010

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Quotes of the Week

"Anyone who wants to pass laws in this country should pay this country's full taxes and not hide behind the special offshore status of non-doms. Non-doms have to tell the taxman that their first allegiance is to another country. No-one should be a British lawmaker whose first allegiance is not to Britain."

Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary

www.libdems.org.uk - 2 March

"I think people are entitled to expect a sensible, stable government at a time when the country is facing very, very acute choices. We take what the markets are worrying about immensely seriously. We will not take any risk with the creditworthiness of the economy."

Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats

Financial Times - 3 March