http://www.cambslibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats en-GB Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats http://www.cambslibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats 2008-09-08T13:37+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.cambslibdems.org.uk/news/000084/lib_dems_welcome_councillor_dransfield.html Huntingdon Liberal Democrats have welcomed the decision by Councillor Dave Dransfield to leave the Conservative group on Huntingdon Town Council and join the Liberal Democrats. 2008-09-01T03:00+01:00 http://www.cambslibdems.org.uk/news/000083/lib_dems_urge_caution_on_council_tax_rises.html In an open letter to all County and District Council Leaders in Cambridgeshire, Liberal Democrat Leader on the County Council, David Jenkins has called upon all councils and all parties to make a special effort to minimise any increase in Council Tax for next year: 2008-08-18T18:30+01:00 http://www.cambslibdems.org.uk/news/000082/tories_broken_promises_on_budget.html Cambridgeshire Lib Dems have condemned the Tory County Council for once again breaking its budget promise to the Cambridgeshire electorate. It highlights the recent announcement about its intention to axe rural bus routes in which the Tories have said that such cuts are necessary to enable the Council to maintain funding for adult and children's social services. 2008-08-18T10:00+01:00 http://www.cambslibdems.org.uk/news/000081/latest_score_cambridgeshire_nil_anchorage_alaska_1.html Cambridgeshire County Council has been beaten in the energy efficiency stakes by a village in Italy and the USA's icy northern outpost: Anchorage, Alaska. 2008-08-11T08:58+01:00 http://www.cambslibdems.org.uk/news/000077/mental_health_issues_not_addressed_properly.html Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats have expressed their deep anxiety at news that the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust has only been awarded a FAIR marking out of four possible, after a widespread review in 2007. 2008-07-25T00:00+01:00 http://www.cambslibdems.org.uk/news/000076/squirrels_in_control_at_county_council.html David Jenkins, leader of the County Council's Liberal Democrats, has rounded on the Council's ruling Conservatives for rejecting plans to spend an extra £1.8 million on front-line public services. 2008-07-24T00:00+01:00 http://www.cambslibdems.org.uk/news/000074/local_anger_at_threat_to_close_impington_post_office.html Histon and Impington residents and businesses have expressed anger about the Post Office's announced intention to close Impington post office. 2008-07-07T00:00+01:00