http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Devizes Constituency Liberal Democrats en-GB Devizes Constituency Liberal Democrats http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Devizes Constituency Liberal Democrats 2010-03-11T02:19+00:00 United Kingdom http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000050/an_mp_who_will_get_things_done.html An MP who will get things done for Devizes. We can give this constituency a REAL change, not another Tory MP with an eye on the Front Bench. Instead a Local MP who has lived here for over 20 years and wants to represent the interests of the very 2010-03-08T00:00+00:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000049/protecting_and_improving_the_nhs.html We will make it illegal to allow a doctor to work in the UK for the first time without passing robust language and competence 2010-03-07T00:00+00:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000047/tories_must_say_why_they_refused_electoral_commission_interviews_says_huhne.html Posted: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 18:44:00 GMT 2010-03-04T18:44+00:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000048/yesterday_i_visited_a_prison_by_fiona_hornby.html I don't know what I expected but it certainly wasn't what I experienced. It was disconcerting to discover at the beginning that I could not tell who were prisoners and who were other visitors or education staff. And so many of them were much younger than I had imagined and as I later learnt on indeterminate sentences - they don't know when they will be released. 2010-02-18T00:00+00:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000046/local_liberal_democrats_choose_their_general_election_candidate.html Last Saturday members of the Devizes Constituency Liberal Democrats chose Fiona Hornby as their prospective parliamentary candidate. 2009-12-08T12:00+00:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000045/lib_dem_graham_wright_tops_poll_in_durrington__larkhill.html Graham Wright has become the first Wiltshire Unitary Councillor for the Durrington & Larkhill ward after a decisive victory over the previous Conservative County Councillor. 2009-06-06T09:01+01:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000044/decisive_win_for_lib_dems_in_marlborough.html Former Town Mayor Peggy Dow (Liberal Democrat) took the Wiltshire Council seat for Marlborough East with margin of 250+ votes over her nearest Conservative rival. 2009-06-06T09:00+01:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000032/welcome_for_small_businesses_action_plan__devizes_liberal_democrats.html LIBERAL Democrats in Devizes Constituency have backed plans to help small businesses survive the looming recession. 2008-10-29T17:42+00:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000033/government_must_help_thousands_on_verge_of_repossession__cable.html The Liberal Democrats have set out proposals to help families who are unable to pay their mortgages and are facing the threat of homelessness due to the downturn in the housing market. 2008-09-15T20:00+01:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000031/devizes_has_not_benefited_from_browns_first_year_as_prime_minister.html The Devizes Constituency has not benefited from Gordon Brown's leadership, claim local Liberal Democrats in a message to residents. 2008-06-27T13:00+01:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000029/liberal_democrats_welcome_proposal_to_use_marlborough_college_for_olympics_training.html Liberal Democrats in Devizes Constituency have welcomed the recommendation that Marlborough College should be used as a training camp in the run up to the London Olympics in 2012. 2008-03-10T16:00+00:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000028/denial_of_referendum_on_europe_an_outrage__devizes_constituency_lib_dems.html A decision by the Speaker of the House of Commons to refuse to have a debate and vote on a Liberal Democrat amendment calling for a referendum on whether to be in or out of Europe has met with an angry response from Liberal Democrats in Wiltshire 2008-02-26T19:48+00:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000026/residents_of_devizes__kennet_face_winter_fuel_payment_wipe_out__liberal_democrats.html LIBERAL Democrats in Devizes are calling on the Government to protect pensioners in Kennet from energy price rises. They have made the call after figures showed that recent increases in the cost of electricity and gas are set to wipe out pensioners' winter fuel payment. 2008-02-15T08:00+00:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000027/call_on_conservative_mp_to_explain_failure_to_oppose_poor_deal_for_kennet.html LIBERAL Democrats in Devizes are calling on Michael Ancram to explain why he sat on the fence when a cash settlement for Kennet District Council that is below the average rise given to other councils was agreed by the House of Commons. 2008-02-13T18:00+00:00 http://devizeslibdems.org.uk/news/000024/ancram_criticised_by_local_lib_dems.html In the wake of this weekend's revelations on local Conservative MP Michael Ancram's expenses which closely follow the unseemly spectacle of disgraced ex-conservative Derek Conway it is clear that the current system is unsustainable. 2008-02-11T15:00+00:00