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Ex-Gurkha soldiers demonstrate in Liverpool for Equal Rights, supported by Peter Carroll

Carroll Backs Gurkha Campaign

Peter Carroll yesterday travelled over 600 miles to back Gurkhas seeking to stay and contribute to Britain at the end of their military service. The Liberal Democrats are strongly backing the Gurkhas position that they should be allowed to stay, if they wish, at the end of their service, as citizens in this country.

2 Sep 2004
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Cllr David Dickinson

Conservative Crime Reduction Cut Condemned

Shepway Council's Liberal Democrat group have condemned the decision of the Conservative ruling group to approve a cut of £30,000 from the budget to be spent by the Council this year on fighting crime and anti-social behaviour.

24 Aug 2004
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Statement from Shepway Liberal Democrat Council Group

At last nights group meeting of the Shepway Liberal Democrats, Cllr Linda Cufley resigned as the leader of the group. Members of the group have the greatest respect for Linda, and for all the work she has done over the last 21 years for both this district and her colleagues. As Linda explained to the group last night, the reason for her resignation was to enable the group to move forward as a whole.

27 Jul 2004
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Lib Dem Success in Parliamentary By-elections

The Liberal Democrats have won an astounding success in the Leicester South by-election, overturning a Labour majority of 13,243 to win by a margin of 1,654 votes. Parmjit Singh Gill is now the 55th Lib Dem Member of Parliament, following Sarah Teather's success in the Brent East by-election in September 2003, where she demolished a similar Labour majority to win the seat, after a successful Lib Dem campaign in the London constituency.

17 Jul 2004
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Larry Ngan and Lib Dem Campaigners on The Leas, Folkestone

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