http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Sutton Coldfield and Erdington Liberal Democrats en-GB Sutton Coldfield and Erdington Liberal Democrats http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Sutton Coldfield and Erdington Liberal Democrats 2010-03-10T12:11+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000159/lib_dems_showcase_birmingham_for_their_spring_conference.html The spring conference of the Liberal Democrats is coming to Birmingham. Party leader Nick Clegg MP, supported by Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable MP and other top members of the Liberal Democrat team will meet at the International Conference Centre in Birmingham's city centre from Friday 12 - Sunday 14 March. 2010-03-09T14:51+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000158/six_to_fix__massive_response_to_lib_dem_consultation.html Cllr Ann Holtom, Parliamentary candidate for Birmingham Erdington, only launched her Six to Fix residents' consultation in January but there has already been a huge response to the survey from local people. 2010-02-16T14:13+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000157/more_police_and_a_blueprint_for_the_nhs_sets_clear_guidelines_to_cut_crime_and_for_a_more_effective_health_service__cllr_ann_holtom.html Cllr Ann Holtom, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate for Birmingham Erdington has issued the following statement on policing and the NHS: 2010-02-11T13:21+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000156/lib_dems_call_for_safer_streets_with_more_and_better_police.html In a policy paper Safer Streets - More & Better Police the Liberal Democrats have committed themselves to providing 3,000 additional police nationwide to tackle crime and improve detection rates. 2010-02-08T18:24+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000155/sin_simon_to_quit_as_mp__liberal_democrat_response.html Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Birmingham Erdington, Cllr Ann Holtom, has welcomed the news that Erdington Labour MP Sion Simon has announced he is quitting his job as a government junior minister and will not stand for re-election to Parliament at the next general election. 2010-02-05T11:47+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000154/water_bills_to_be_cut_for_low_income_families_after_lib_dem_initiative.html Thousands of Brummies could pay less for their water bills thanks to an agreement that social tariffs should be used to cut the water bills for families on low incomes. 2010-01-26T14:09+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000153/ann_holtom_puts_fairness_at_the_heart_of_the_liberal_democrat_campaign.html The Liberal Democrats have announced they will fight the General Election on four key principles, designed to make Britain a fairer place. Following a key speech by party leader Nick Clegg, Cllr Ann Holtom, Parliamentary Candidate for Birmingham Erdington, has set out locally the four campaign priorities: fair taxes; a fair start for every child; fair, clean and local politics and a fair, green economy with jobs that last. 2010-01-23T21:42+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000152/speaking_out_against_hate_crime.html Liberal Democrat Councillor Ann Holtom is lending her full support to a major new campaign against hate crime in Birmingham. The campaign, launched by the Safer Birmingham crimefighting Partnership, aims to raise awareness about religious and homophobic crime and encourage victims not to "put up" with it. 2010-01-20T14:30+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000151/have_your_say_on_six_issues_to_fix.html Led by Cllr Ann Holtom, the Tyburn Ward Focus Team have just started the delivery of the Six to Fix leaflet to all homes in Tyburn Ward inviting people to identify their priorities on six key local issues. 2010-01-18T12:08+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000150/pensioners_miss_out_on_cold_weather_payments.html Almost four thousand pensioners in Erdington constituency are possibly missing out on cold weather payments which have been triggered by the recent low temperatures, according to research carried out by Tyburn councillor and Erdington Parliamentary candidate Cllr Ann Holtom. 2010-01-16T15:31+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000149/the_big_freeze_and_big_thaw__be_prepared.html Local Liberal Democrats are urging people to be prepared and take care during the big freeze. Following several days of cold weather and snow, temperatures plummeted to around -10C on Wednesday night. Now the icy weather is beginning to break, slush and slippery footways will bring further problems. There is also a fog warning at present. 2010-01-16T01:07+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000148/time_to_hit_political_reset_button_says_clegg_in_new_year_message.html In his New Year message, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has laid down a challenge to other party leaders to tell people what they really believe in, rather than what they think people want to hear. 2010-01-02T13:52+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000147/a_great_christmas_present_for_the_lib_dems_as_cheltenham_tory_councillor_defects.html Liberal Democrats have taken overall control of Cheltenham Borough Council, thanks to the defection of a Conservative councillor to the Lib Dem group. Previously the council was under no overall control but run by the Liberal Democrats. 2009-12-22T20:12+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000146/a_merry_christmas_and_a_happy_new_year.html Everyone at Sutton Coldfield and Erdington Liberal Democrats wishes all visitors to our website a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. 2009-12-20T18:10+00:00 http://www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk/news/000145/alcohol_free_zone.html Following the success of the Alcohol Free Zone on Castle Vale, a ban on drinking in the streets aimed at combating crime and anti-social behaviour, Councillor Ann Holtom is pressing the police and Birmingham Council to extend it to the whole of Tyburn. "All the evidence shows that taking alcohol of the streets makes our communities safer. It's only right that all residents across Tyburn should enjoy the benefits" said Ann. 2009-12-10T14:47+00:00