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30 Most Recent News Stories
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Tue 18th Nov 2008
The Government has been forced to do a major U-turn and continue the Card Account contract with the Post Office until at least 2015.
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Tue 18th Nov 2008
Oldham area Liberal Democrats have described the news that serious violent crime has risen in the last ten years as "disturbing".
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Fri 7th Nov 2008
Illegal drug use in the Greater Manchester region is amongst the highest in Europe, figures released yesterday suggest.
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Thu 6th Nov 2008
GOVERNMENT plans to introduce compulsory ID cards across the country were dealt a blow today with the news that only two airports would be trialling the £5 billion ID cards scheme.
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Wed 5th Nov 2008
As many as ten more post offices could be forced to close in the Oldham area next year, according to Liberal Democrat PPC for Oldham East & Saddleworth, Elwyn Watkins.
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Fri 31st Oct 2008
Liberal Democrats in the Oldham area have called for a cut in income tax for people on low and middle incomes to help them beat the recession.
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Mon 27th Oct 2008
Oldham East & Saddleworth Liberal Democrats have criticised government plans for incapacity benefit reform, saying that they will target the wrong people.
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Thu 23rd Oct 2008
Elwyn Watkins, Lib Dem Parliamentary hopeful for Oldham East & Saddleworth, today welcomed plans put forward by Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg to kick-start the economy.
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Thu 23rd Oct 2008
Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Chris Huhne MP today (Thursday 23rd October 2008) took aim at Oldham MP Phil Woolas accusing him of creating more chaos in less time than any previous Immigration minister.
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Wed 22nd Oct 2008
Vince Cable MP has called for other councils to follow Oldham Council's initiative in fighting repossessions.
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Tue 21st Oct 2008
Oldham East & Saddleworth Liberal Democrats are pressing for action on the future of the Post Office Card Account.
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Fri 17th Oct 2008
The presence of Vince Cable MP ensured that Oldham & District Liberal Democrats' sell-out annual dinner in Saddleworth was a resounding success last night.
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Fri 17th Oct 2008
Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable, has praised local plans to help people with mortgage difficulties on a visit to Oldham and Saddleworth.
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Mon 13th Oct 2008
Oldham & District Liberal Democrat's annual dinner in Saddleworth will be the best-attended in years, thanks to a visit from Liberal Democrat finance guru Vince Cable MP.
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Thu 9th Oct 2008
Oldham district Liberal Democrats have revealed that £6,756,000 was spent by Oldham's elderly people on nursing home charges and home help in 2007.
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Tue 7th Oct 2008
Oldham East & Saddleworth Liberal Democrats have welcomed the call by Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable MP to set aside the economic rulebook and take radical measures to stop the economy from spiralling out of control.
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Fri 3rd Oct 2008
Gordon Brown's proposals to deal with the economic slowdown are too little too late, say Oldham East & Saddleworth Liberal Democrats.
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Thu 2nd Oct 2008
In the week that the minimum wage went up by 21 pence, Oldham Liberal Democrats can reveal that since the minimum wage was introduced in 1999, not a single employer in Greater Manchester has been prosecuted for not complying with it.
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Tue 30th Sep 2008
The Liberal Democrats have expressed outrage at statistics released by the Campaign to End Child Poverty which reveal that 28,495 children are living in poverty in Oldham borough.
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Mon 29th Sep 2008
The average yearly mortgage repayment for homeowners in Oldham Borough has increased by £349 in the last month alone, according to the latest figures.
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Thu 25th Sep 2008
Oldham East & Saddleworth Liberal Democrats have called attention to the plight of hard working families faced with rapidly escalating food costs.
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Tue 23rd Sep 2008
Elwyn Watkins, Liberal Democrat PPC for Oldham East & Saddleworth, has hit out at Gordon Brown for giving a conference speech which promised nothing practical for the people of the Oldham area.
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![Gordon Brown [Image: Rex Features]](/images/sites/217.160.173.25-3e54d75166df56.63810547/thumbs/472.jpeg "Gordon Brown [Image: Rex Features]")
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Wed 17th Sep 2008
Low-paid Oldham people are angry that they will receive no practical help from the government's scheme to stave off a fuel crisis this winter.
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Mon 15th Sep 2008
"We need to support local businesses from the ground up," was the message delivered by Oldham East & Saddleworth Parliamentary Spokesperson Elwyn Watkins to a meeting held by The Northern Way and The House Magazine at the Liberal Democrats' annual conference in Bournemouth.
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Sun 14th Sep 2008
Oldham East & Saddleworth Lib Dems have slammed Labour MP and environment minister Phil Woolas for suggesting that families should remortgage their house in order to pay for energy efficiency measures.
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Thu 11th Sep 2008
Liberal Democrats in the Oldham area are making their final preparations to attend the party's conference in Bournemouth in September.
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Wed 10th Sep 2008
"Cut the bureaucracy that is strangling the growth of small and medium size companies" - that's the message that Elwyn Watkins, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Oldham East & Saddleworth, will be taking to a debate being held by the prestigious parliamentary publication The House Magazine on Sunday the 14th September.
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Tue 9th Sep 2008
Commenting on the launch of the BBC consultation into the way the licence fee is collected, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Oldham East & Saddleworth Elwyn Watkins said:
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Mon 8th Sep 2008
Plans to free local police forces from the grip of central government bureaucracy and targets have been welcomed by Liberal Democrats in Oldham East & Saddleworth.
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Fri 5th Sep 2008
New government plans, which will make it a legal requirement for young people to stay in school until they are 17, will lead to almost 1,000 Oldham Borough children being forced to remain in school every year.
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