http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Exeter Liberal Democrats en-GB Exeter Liberal Democrats http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Exeter Liberal Democrats 2010-03-10T22:35+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000101/ashcrofts_millions.html Following the admission by Tory donor Lord Ashcroft that he is non-domicile Graham Oakes has challenged the local Tories to also come clean. 2010-03-02T18:30+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000100/beat_cancer.html Exeter Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Graham Oakes for has joined hundreds of candidates across the country in signing up to Cancer Research UK's Cancer Commitment, aiming to make UK cancer outcomes among the best in Europe in the next ten years. 2010-02-24T21:00+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000099/selling_bank_shares_off_cheaply_is_nonsense.html Graham Oakes has described the Tory proposal to sell off bank shares cheaply as "total nonsense and evidence that the Tories haven't changed their spots and are not fit to run the country." 2010-02-21T15:00+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000098/dementia_care_funding_shortfall.html Graham Oakes has described the government's Home Care proposals as "too little, too late" 2010-02-05T09:20+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000097/city_lib_dems_to_withdraw_toilet_closure_proposal_from_budget.html The City Council Liberal Democrat administration will withdraw the proposed toilet closure programme from the draft budget at next week's Executive meeting. 2010-01-31T22:00+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000096/nick_clegg_announces_education_funding_commitment_for_the_south_west.html Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg will today [Thursday] announce a major funding commitment to boost education in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. 2010-01-28T12:45+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000095/parliamentary_hopeful_makes_expenses_pledge.html Exeter's Lib Dem Westminster hopeful Graham Oakes has made his first election promise. 2010-01-19T09:00+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000094/married_tax_allowance_unfair.html Commenting on today's report on the Tories' marriage tax proposals from Iain Duncan Smith's think tank, The Centre for Social Justice, Nick Clegg's Chief of Staff, Danny Alexander said: 2010-01-19T08:45+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000093/time_to_end_ash_cash.html Doctors working in hospitals earned almost £15m last year in so called 'ash cash' payments made by grieving families, figures released today by the Liberal Democrats have revealed. The payment is made to doctors to sign a form releasing a body for cremation. 2010-01-18T21:25+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000092/local_tories_challenged_over_funding.html Exeter Conservative Party should come clean on whether they are being bankrolled by non-domicile Lord Ashcroft says Graham Oakes. 2010-01-18T09:00+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000082/2660_pensioners_miss_out_on_cold_weather_payments_in_exeter.html Up to 1.7m pensioners will miss out on Cold Weather Payments triggered by the recent weather, according to analysis of Government figures by the Liberal Democrats. The figures also show that 2,660 pensioners in Exeter will miss out in Exeter. 2010-01-12T22:00+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000081/time_to_create_a_fairer_britain.html The Liberal Democrats have announced they will fight the General Election on four key principles, designed to make Britain a fairer place. 2010-01-12T09:00+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000083/have_your_say_on_the_city_council_budget.html Exeter City Council are holding a Community Forum to discuss the Council's 2010/2011 budget. 2010-01-12T00:00+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000080/new_year_message_for_the_leader_of_exeter_city_council.html A chill wind has blown us into the New Year. It has brought beguilingly beautiful snow, but also a fear of the dangers that the ice can bring as we attempt to go on with our lives. So too it is with our fragile economy. Since the credit crunch struck, the economy has been propped up by replacing the unsustainable growth in private debt with a ballooning amount of public debt. 2010-01-11T09:00+00:00 http://www.exeterlibdems.org.uk/news/000089/alphington_local_schools_to_repaint_subway_thanks_to_local_councillor.html The pedestrian subway at Alphington Cross has been a regular target for graffiti and is constantly being repainted. 2010-01-02T10:10+00:00