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For real change - to a Fairer Chelmsford
Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg MP with Stephen Robinson in Chelmsford
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Fair taxes; a fair start for every child; fair and clean politics; a fair, green economy with jobs that last.
That's the Liberal Democrat plan for change that works for you.
Recent election results show that Chelmsford's next MP will either be local campaigner Stephen Robinson or the Conservative. No-one else can win here.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
This annual event, celebrated on 8 March acknowledges the achievements of women across the world while also focusing on the continued disadvantages millions of women still face. Nick Clegg MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, said: "I am delighted to pledge my support and that of my party to International Women's Day 2010.
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Read "Liberal Democrats celebrate International Women's Day" in full.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
Government reforms mean that from 6 April this year, both men and women will need to make 30 years of National Insurance payments to be eligible for the full state pension. The changes mean that a woman who has paid National Insurance for 30 years whose 60th birthday falls on 6 April would be entitled to a full state pension. However, a woman who was born a day earlier and has worked just as long would only be entitled to three quarters of this - or around £75 a week in 2010-11. This could mean women retiring this year before the 6 April cut off could miss out on as much as £10,400 over the next decade.
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Read "110,000 women set to lose £10,000 each for being born too early says Webb" in full.
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Thu 4th Mar 2010
School budgets across the board would be cut if the Conservatives are allowed to implement "unfunded" policies. The figures emerge from a report from independent think-tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Chelmsford Lib Dem Stephen Robinson commented: "This report confirms the Conservatives' proposals would be disastrous for thousands of schools, wrecking opportunities for millions of children.
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Read "Conservative plans will devastate schools" in full.
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Thu 25th Feb 2010
Council tax payers in Chelmsford town centre face a much higher council tax rise than in the areas with parish councils. The average increase in Chelmsford Borough's Council Tax is 2.9% but the unparished (town) area - some 40% of the Borough residents - will be hit by a massive 5.9% increase when most people have seen no increase in their incomes.
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Read "Two-tier budget clobbers town's council taxpayers" in full.
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Mon 22nd Feb 2010
The Liberal Democrats have set out plans that would keep Chelmsford's High Street and neighbourhood parades thriving, and Leader Nick Clegg stated that high streets are an essential part of the local community. Nick Clegg said: "Twelve thousand independent shops closed in 2009 alone. This is an economic tragedy as well as a social one, as high streets lose their individual distinctiveness."
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Read "Lib Dem plans for vibrant local high streets announced" in full.
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"Anyone who wants to pass laws in this country should pay this country's full taxes and not hide behind the special offshore status of non-doms. Non-doms have to tell the taxman that their first allegiance is to another country. No-one should be a British lawmaker whose first allegiance is not to Britain. "
Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary
www.libdems.org.uk - 2 March
"I think people are entitled to expect a sensible, stable government at a time when the country is facing very, very acute choices. We take what the markets are worrying about immensely seriously. We will not take any risk with the creditworthiness of the economy. "
Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Financial Times - 3 March
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