http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Windsor Liberal Democrats en-GB Windsor Liberal Democrats http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Windsor Liberal Democrats 2010-03-11T03:48+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000207/conservative_council_adviser_quits_after_phone_call_is_posted_online.html The Royal Borough Observer reported on-line today that Andre Walker, the Conservative political adviser at the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead has resigned. His resignation came after a member of the public posted a recording of a phone conversation, on the internet, claiming he was conspiring to oust the council's Conservative deputy leader Alison Knight. 2010-03-06T18:36+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000206/liberal_democrats_call_for_decision_to_stop_tainted_election_says_huhne.html The General Election result risks being 'tainted' if the large sums donated by Lord Ashcroft to the Conservatives are found to be illegal, the Liberal Democrats have said. 2010-03-01T21:46+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000205/conservatives_biggest_donor_is_taxdodger.html Lord Ashcroft, the Conservative's biggest donor has admitted that he is a Tax Non Dom. Ashcroft who also makes our laws as a member of the house of lords, appears to have endless money for the Conservative Party, whilst being unwilling to pay tax in the UK to help fund the NHS, Schools or our armed forces. 2010-03-01T21:37+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000204/conservative_stealth_taxes_dwarf_council_tax_savings_in_the_royal_borough.html Liberal Democrats in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead have welcomed the recent reduction in council tax, however they do not welcome the extra £17.4 million in Stealth Tax fees and charges that the Conservatives are taking form residents purses and wallets. 2010-02-25T09:29+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000203/conservatives_out_of_their_depth_on_the_economy.html Commenting on George Osborne's widely reported recent lecture, Lib Dem Treasury Spokesman, Vince Cable has pointed to Mr Osborne's lack of understanding of the economy. Mr Cable who was formerly chief economist at Shell, is widely respected for having forecast the banking crisis. 2010-02-25T09:14+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000202/labour_subsidise_job_cuts_as_royal_bank_pays_for_kraft_to_close_cadburys_somerdale_factory.html The British Tax payer is inadvertently helping to bankroll Kraft's closure of a Cadbury's factory, at a cost of 600 jobs, thanks to a big loan provided to the multi-national company, by part-nationalised bank, the Royal Bank of Scotland. 2010-02-11T01:10+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000200/cameron_hammers_another_nail_in_tory_eurocoffin__tory_councilors_ordered_to_abandon_their_political_allies_in_europe.html Just months after the Tories abandoned their allies in the European Parliament to side with extremists, racists and homophobes on Europe's political fringe, David Cameron has damaged his party's last remaining influence in Europe by ordering Tory councillors to leave their grouping on the Committee of the Regions*. 2010-02-05T15:11+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000201/julian_tisi_champions_more_funding_for_schools.html Windsor Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Spokesman, Julian Tisi is fighting for more funding for pupils from poorer backgrounds. The Liberal Democrats recently unveiled their plans for a £2.5bn boost to education funding, targeted at those pupils from the most disadvantaged areas. 2010-02-03T13:13+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000199/labour_abandon_hope_in_windsor.html The General Election in Windsor will be a straight fight between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.That Labour have given up all hope of winning was confirmed after they selected as their candidate a Glaswegian Doctor and businessman, currently living in London. It is now clear that the Labour candidate is simply showing the flag. The Labour selection confirms the Lib Dems' Julian Tisi as the main challenger to the Conservatives and only main party candidate who lives and works in our area as part of our community. 2010-01-23T09:46+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000198/nick_clegg_and_vince_cable_tackle_labour_on_royal_bank_funding_of_krafts_cadbury_takeover.html Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable has today written to Lord Mandelson about the takeover of Cadbury by US company Kraft being part financed by the Royal Bank of Scotland. 2010-01-20T23:55+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000197/conservative_cuts_begin.html Windsor's Conservative Councillors can afford to pay themselves 91% higher allowances, but can't afford to run the local services that residents rely on. That's the verdict from local Lib Dems as the Conservatives begin a round of cuts at the council. According to reports in the local press up to 100 jobs could go as the Conservatives struggle to with a budget, already supported by massive extra borrowing of £6million. 2010-01-16T09:08+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000196/financial_times_reveals_the_flaws_in_conservative_tax_plans_for_marriage.html The Financial Times has revealed in detail the muddled thinking behind the Conservatives proposals for transferable tax allowances to support marriage. In agreement with local Lib Dems the FT concluded that "The beneficiaries of (the Conservatives') transferable tax allowances are single-earner couples who tend to be at the upper end of the income distribution. The policy is therefore a straight-forward redistribution from poor to rich. 2010-01-11T11:24+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000195/times_reveals_more_dodgy_donations_for_the_conservatives.html The Times has uncovered more dodgy donations from millionaires to the Conservative Party. In an article published on the 10th January, the Times revealed that tens of thousands of pounds donated by the Goldsmith family and by the Reuben brothers, who are property developers and aluminium tycoons, had been improperly recorded by the Conservative Party thereby obscuring the source of the money. 2010-01-10T21:55+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000193/why_wont_labour_buy_british.html That's the question being raised, after the Labour Government announced it will be buying 22 new Chinook Helicopters from American firm Boeing and not from Yeovil based Augusta-Westland, who have a licence to produce the Chinook for the UK and European markets. 2010-01-04T10:57+00:00 http://www.windsorlibdems.org.uk/news/000192/lib_dems_call_for_a_new_political_system_for_the_new_year.html Britain needs to fundamentally change its political system in 2010, not just change the political party in charge and only the Liberal Democrats, as the only truly democratic party of the big three, have the long term track record of commitment to that change. A vote for Cameron's Conservatives, with their shaky record on freedom, democracy and the environment would be a backward step. That's the New Year message from Windsor Lib Dems. 2010-01-01T11:08+00:00