http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Kensington & Chelsea Liberal Democrats en-GB Kensington & Chelsea Liberal Democrats http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Kensington & Chelsea Liberal Democrats 2008-07-24T01:28+01:00 United Kingdom http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000117/school_land_selloff_royal_borough_has_lost_moral_authority_on_affordable_housing.html Following the decision by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea to sell off the play area in Holland Park School to luxury property developers, the local Liberal Democrats have condemned the failure to provide any affordable housing on the site. 2008-06-27T01:22+01:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000116/garbagegate_is_more_than_just_a_financial_scandal.html The massive overcharging of street traders who work on Portobello Market is more than simply a financial scandal - it is, for many, the final straw in a battle to preserve and protect the iconic market. Local people are beginning to digest the implications of the revelation that market traders - some of whom have been 'market families' for as long as a century - have been severely over-charged by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea for the last 17 years. 2008-06-22T23:33+01:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000115/holland_park_school_selloff_decision_meeting_set_for_26_june.html Kensington & Chelsea Borough Council have finally announced that the meeting of the Major Planning Development Committee to decide on the Holland Park School sell-off will indeed take place on 26th June at 6.30pm in the Council Chamber. The local Liberal Democrats have written to the Council to complain about the short notice period given to residents about something as important as this meeting. Residents have only been informed of the meeting four working days in advance, and any submissions for consideration must arrive by Wednesday 25th June, leaving barely two working days to prepare any paperwork. 2008-06-20T13:49+01:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000114/holland_park_school_plans_blasted_by_councils_own_experts.html Further to our previous news, the Borough's Major Planning Committee did NOT meet on 22nd May to consider whether to allow the Tory Council to sell off the playing fields at Holland Park School, the Borough's ONLY comprehensive school. The Council have yet to announce a new date but there is talk of it happening on Thursday 26th June. 2008-06-05T21:54+01:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000113/absolute_last_chance_to_protest_at_the_councils_sell_off_of_school_land_to_luxury_developers.html On 22nd May, the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea's plans to sell off playing space in Holland Park School to luxury property developers go before the Major Planning committee. Any letters received by the council before this date will be considered by the committee so there is still time to write in - but only just. The plans will see the money raised from the luxury development being used to demolish the entire school and rebuild it on a smaller site. 2008-05-12T12:34+01:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000112/brompton_byelection_shows_that_lib_dems_are_now_the_main_opposition_to_tories_in_royal_borough.html Amid the cheering emanating from the Conservatives at the count for the Brompton by-election in Kensington, another group of political activists were doing some celebrating of their own. The Liberal Democrats, who came second, polled almost twice as many votes in the ward as they did in 2006 and kept Labour in a poor third place. 2008-05-03T14:52+01:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000111/huge_rise_in_homeless_families_in_kensington__chelsea.html LIBERAL Democrats in Kensington & Chelsea are calling for government action to tackle homelessness after figures revealed there has been a shock rise in the number of local families living in temporary accommodation. 2008-04-18T12:56+01:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000109/council_stubbornly_presses_ahead_with_plan_to_sell_off_school_play_area.html The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has been forced to withdraw one set of plans to sell off the play area in Holland Park School to luxury property developers. But, according to the Lib Dems, the NEW plans put forward by the Tory-run Council STILL involve the selling off the school play area to finance the entire school being rebuilt on a smaller site. In addition, say the Lib Dems, the new plans would see all affordable housing removed entirely and distributed in other parts of the Borough. 2008-01-28T11:03+00:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000108/paddick_to_scrap_ccharge_for_kensington.html It was a visit back 'home' for Lib Dem Mayoral candidate Brian Paddick who visited Portobello Market on 25th January. Brian was the Detective Chief Inspector at Notting Hill in 2003, but this time he had come to visit key stakeholders and local residents in this unique community in the heart of London as he prepares to take on Ken Livingstone in the elections on 1st May. 2008-01-26T12:36+00:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000107/kensington__chelsea_congratulates_the_new_leader_of_the_lib_dems.html Party members across Britain have elected Nick Clegg as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats. Kensington & Chelsea Liberal Democrats have congratulated Nick on his victory. Nick said: "Under my leadership we will be ambitious. Together we can break the stifling two-party system and change Britain for good." 2007-12-18T15:36+00:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000106/proposed_closure_of_kensington_high_street_post_office_lib_dems_demand_answers.html The Kensington & Chelsea Liberal Democrats have pledged to "fight vigorously" to save the post office on Kensington High Street. The party has demanded that if the current site closes as proposed in 2009, then a new post office must be opened on or around the high street without any break in service to residents. 2007-12-07T15:10+00:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000105/lost_opportunity_for_affordable_housing_on_odeon_site.html Merlene Emerson, the Liberal Democrat candidate for the West Central constituency on the London Assembly, has called Kensington & Chelsea Council's unanimous decision to grant planning permission for the redevelopment of the Odeon Kensington a "tragically missed opportunity" for key workers and others on a fixed income. 2007-12-05T20:22+00:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000104/lib_dems_welcome_council_uturn_on_holland_park_school.html The Kensington & Chelsea Liberal Democrats have welcomed the decision by the Council to avoid a costly public enquiry over their controversial plans to sell off part of Holland Park School to property developers. The Council have withdrawn plans to use the money raised from the sale of the pupils' recreational space to demolish and then rebuild the school. 2007-12-05T20:16+00:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000103/baroness_sarah_ludford_mep_leads_local_residents_in_demo_on_portobello_road.html Dozens of local residents joined the Liberal Democrats on Friday 9th November for a public demonstration outside Woolworths in Notting Hill, in support of local shops in Portobello Road. Many businesses in Portobello Road have closed or have been under threat from increased rents or development plans. 2007-11-10T16:55+00:00 http://kensingtonandchelsealibdems.org.uk/news/000102/queens_speech_a_disappointment_for_kensington__chelsea.html "A disappointing string of announcements with no vision" - that's the verdict of Liberal Democrats in Kensington & Chelsea as local residents digest the contents of the Queen's Speech, the government's plans for the coming year. 2007-11-08T19:04+00:00