http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Scarborough and Whitby Liberal Democrats en-GB Scarborough and Whitby Liberal Democrats http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Scarborough and Whitby Liberal Democrats 2010-03-10T09:48+00:00 United Kingdom http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000246/shock_increases_in_care_costs_by_tories.html The decision by the Tory-led North Yorkshire County Council to increase charges by 10% for those who pay for Community Services has been slammed by Liberal Democrats at County Hall. 2010-03-05T11:00+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000245/lib_dems_launch_plans_to_revitalise_our_high_streets.html Liberal Democrats in Scarborough and Whitby have today set out plans to revitalise Britain's high streets, protect the future of the Post Office, and help small businesses establish and grow in a fairer marketplace. 2010-02-15T12:22+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000244/liberal_democrats_launch_general_election_plans_on_policing.html Liberal Democrats in Scarborough and Whitby constituency have today set out their General Election plans to put more police on the beat. 2010-02-06T05:00+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000243/lib_dems_condemn_council_snow_tax.html Liberal Democrats in North Yorkshire today attacked the Tory County Council for proposing a council tax increase higher than that which they consulted residents on. 2010-02-04T04:00+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000242/whitby_residents_up_in_arms_over_east_pier.html Whitby residents are up in arms over the lack of forthcoming funds to repair the East Pier and replace its link bridge. Whitby's Lib Dem PPC Tania Exley-Moore has been receiving complaints from residents over the raw deal Whitby has had from Scarborough Borough Council. 2010-02-03T04:00+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000241/cameron_and_osborne_at_sixes_and_sevens_over_deficit_plans_says_cable.html Commenting on yesterday's remarks by David Cameron and George Osborne on dealing with the deficit, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said: 2010-02-02T05:00+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000240/liberal_democrats_announce_education_funding_commitment_for_north_yorkshire.html The Liberal Democrats have announced a major funding commitment to boost education in North Yorkshire 2010-02-01T12:01+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000239/whitby_lib_dems_select_candidate_for_byelection.html Whitby Liberal Democrats have selected their candidate to fight the borough council by-election in Mayfield Ward. They have selected 67 year old ex-teacher Chris Cawood. Chris was born in the West Riding where he worked as a teacher for 27 years. He moved to Whitby and ran the Lealholm Village Shop for 14 years but is now retired. 2010-01-29T15:07+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000238/lib_dems_call_for_review_of_council_newspaper.html The Audit Commission has said that councils need to review the value for money of their spending on magazines and newspapers. Liberal Democrats in North Yorkshire fully support the Commission's findings and will ask the Tory County Council bosses to do this. 2010-01-29T14:30+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000237/lib_dem_disgust_at_15_million_in_ash_payments_received_by_doctors.html Doctors working in hospitals earned almost £15m last year in so called 'ash cash' payments made by grieving families, figures released this week by the Liberal Democrats have revealed. The payment is made to doctors to sign a form releasing a body for cremation and our own NHS Trust, the Scarborough and North East Yorks Health Care Trust has been revealed to have earned £69,438 during 2008 and 2009 from this practice. 2010-01-22T05:00+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000236/lib_dems_launch_manifesto_housing_pledge.html The Liberal Democrats set out plans this week to bring a quarter of a million empty homes back into use, making homes available for people who need them and creating 65,000 jobs. 2010-01-21T05:00+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000235/up_to_17m_pensioners_to_miss_out_on_cold_weather_payments.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. 2010-01-20T14:14+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000233/lib_dems_slam_labourtory_pact_to_raise_fire_authority_tax.html Liberal Democrat representatives on North Yorkshire Fire Authority have slammed Labour and Conservative Councillors for voting in favour of a 2% increase in the Fire Authority element of Council Tax, despite being told a 1.1% increase would be enough. 2009-12-14T16:19+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000231/lib_dems_have_terrific_win_in_byelection.html Liberal Democrats in our neighbouring Redcar and Cleveland constituency are celebrating a terrific win in a Council By-Election. The Lib Dem Candidate Ann Wilson took an incredible 73.5% of the vote with an increase of 12.4% on the last election in the ward. She polled 1084 votes compared with Labour's 210 and the Tories' embarrassing 77. 2009-12-07T10:32+00:00 http://scarboroughandwhitbylibdems.org.uk/news/000230/tory_miscalculations_over_gypsy_sites.html Liberal Democrats at North Yorkshire are appalled that improving gypsy and traveller sites across the County will cost more than twice as much as the Tory Council originally estimated. 2009-11-12T16:28+00:00