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Fresh Ideas. For London. The Lib Dem Manifesto for London 2012.

The Liberal Democrat Manifesto for London 2012.

The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.

Hammersmith and Fulham Liberal Democrats are working across the Borough to bring fair politics to local residents.

Our Priorities: fair taxes - A fair start for every child - A fair future, creating jobs by making Britain greener - A fair deal by cleaning up politics.

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Recent news and updates

  • H&F Lib Dems congratulate Cllrs Greenhalgh and Botterill on proposed new posts
    Article: May 11, 2012

    Hammersmith & Fulham Liberal Democrats have congratulated Cllr Stephen Greenhalgh on his proposed new role as Deputy Mayor of London for Policing and Crime, and Cllr Nick Botterill on his proposed new role as leader of Hammersmith & Fulham Council. Both posts are subject to confirmation.

    Councillor Greenhalgh's proposed resignation as a councillor will mean a by-election in Town Ward in Fulham, where the Lib Dems are the main challengers to the incumbent Tories.
    H&F Lib Dem Chair Paul Kennedy said:
  • Lib Dem GLA Manifesto 2012
    Document: Apr 18, 2012
    2.19 MiB drawing or desktop publishing document

    SERIOUS SOLUTIONS. FOR LONDON - A Liberal Democrat Mayor and Assembly ambitious for London's future

  • GLA Member Mike Tuffrey supports Residents' appeal against homes demolition
    Article: Mar 22, 2012

    GLA Member Mike Tuffrey last week asked the Mayor to support the call for residents of West Kensington and Gibbs Green to be allowed to vote in an independently run ballot on whether they support redevelopment plans.

    Residents of the Estates have been fighting to save their homes from demolition, as H&F Council has been negotiating the sale of the land to the company planning the Earls Court Redevelopment scheme.

  • Earls Court - overview of the planning/consultation process
    Article: Mar 22, 2012
    By meher oliaji

    Opponents of the Earls Court Redevelopment schemes have been invited to object to many aspects of the proposals. With different parts of the project at different stages of consultation, this is our understanding of the process.

    The main Earls Court scheme affects the area between Warwick Road and North End Road, from the A4/Cromwell Road to Lillie Road. Some of the land, (including the Earls Court Exhibition Centre) is owned by Capco, some by TfL and some of it, the Gibbs Green and West Kensington Estates, is owned by H&F Council.

  • A budget for the many not the few
    Budget 2012: For the many, not the few
    Article: Mar 21, 2012

    Over 20 million working people will be better off next year after Liberal Democrats in the Coalition Government delivered the biggest ever increase in the income tax personal allowance in the Budget.

    The massive £3.5bn tax cut for working people delivers:

    • The biggest ever single uplift in the tax threshold
    • A personal allowance of £9,205 in April 2013
    • 21 million working people getting an extra £220 tax cut
    • Brings the total tax cut for basic rate tax payers to £550
    • Brings the total number of people lifted out of tax to 2 million.
  • Template Email asking Mayor to block Seagrave Road Development
    Document: Mar 19, 2012
    26 KiB text or word processing document

    Template email below for you to adapt. Please insert your name and address.

    The London Mayor

    c/o Planning Decisions Unit

    The Greater London Authority

    City Hall, The Queen's Walk,

    London SE1 2AA

    planning@london.gov.uk

    Dear Mr Mayor

    I am writing to ask you to BLOCK AND REFUSE CONSENT TO the Seagrave Road development application "Fulham Broadway: 2011/02000/FUL" on the following grounds:

    1.

    This 16-storey high-density housing development is far too high, breaches guidelines, and is out of keeping with the surrounding area. It will adversely affect the skyline for Grade I listed Brompton Cemetery and residents in neighbouring conservation areas.

    2.

    Hammersmith & Fulham Council has ignored and underestimated the impact of adding 808 homes on the environment, local services, traffic, parking and transport in an already overcrowded and heavily congested part of London.

    3.

    The entire rationale for this development is to support a much larger redevelopment scheme to demolish the iconic Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre and hundreds of homes, to make way for 77 acres of high-rise buildings, which has not yet been determined.

    4.

    The initial GLA response to the wider scheme identified 44 breaches of the Mayor’s London Plan. This development should not be approved until these are resolved.

    5.

    Only 200 of the 808 homes in this development will constitute affordable housing, which is inadequate to accommodate the residents in the 760 homes that it is proposed will be demolished as part of the larger scheme.

    6.

    Hammersmith & Fulham Council has approved this development despite having a conflict of interest in that it stands to gain £100 million from the overall Earl’s Court redevelopment scheme.

    Yours faithfully

    Insert Name

    Insert Full Address

  • Earls Court Redevelopment - help block these monstrous blocks
    Article: Mar 19, 2012

    IPlease help stop these towers:

    1) H&F and K&C Councils have now invited comments on the main Earl's Court development proposals, which the Councils are trying to separate from the Seagrave Road plan. The deadline is 6 April.

    http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Environment_and_Planning/Planning/Planning_applications/Planning_advice/161179_Earls_Court_planning_application.asp

  • Nick Clegg at NewcastleGateshead conference 2012
    "A more liberal Britain with every passing year" - Nick Clegg's speech to Lib Dem Spring Conference 2012
    Article: Mar 11, 2012

    Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg used his speech to the Party's Spring conference in NewcastleGateshead to call for the forthcoming budget to be a "budget for fairness" and pledged that it would help working familes.

    The Deputy Prime Minister pledged that by 2015 Britain would have seen an end to control orders, the first gay marriages and the first elections to the House of Lords.

  • What the Liberal Democrats are achieving in government
    Article: Mar 9, 2012

    Fairer taxes, promoting green jobs, protecting your civil liberties - these are just some of the achievements of the Liberal Democrats in government.

    We're building a freer, greener and more liberal country - and stopping some of the worst excesses of the Conservatives. Find out more in this infographic.

  • Lib Dem response to Earls Court Redevelopment Consultation
    Article: Mar 2, 2012

    Response to the Council's proposals for demolition and redevelopment of the Earl's Court Exhibition Centre and West Kensington/Gibbs Green estate

    The Council's February 2012 'Your Fulham' update invited Fulham residents to "have their say" on the future of West Kensington & Gibbs Green Estates by Monday 12 March

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