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Council Pays Out For Complaints

Fri 23rd Jul 2010

Compensation has been paid to some residents by the Labour run Leicester City Council for not dealing with their complaints.

Read "Council Pays Out For Complaints" in full.

Has the Labour run Council got Something to Hide?

Fri 25th Jun 2010

Western Park Lib Dem Councillor Roger Blackmore was back with a vengeance on the front benches of Leicester City Council after his year long break as Lord Mayor of Leicester.

Read "Has the Labour run Council got Something to Hide?" in full.

Flotilla Motion by Lib Dem Councillor

Thu 24th Jun 2010

The Lord Mayor of Leicester has accepted as a matter of urgent business a motion about the recent events on the ship Mavi Marmara, which was taking aid to the people of Gaza.

Read "Flotilla Motion by Lib Dem Councillor " in full.

Elected Mayor for Leicester - Whats Your View?

Wed 26th May 2010

The Government have announced plans to ask Leicester and 11 other cities to hold a referendum on having an elected mayor.

Read "Elected Mayor for Leicester - Whats Your View?" in full.

Political Reform - Handing power back to people.

Wed 19th May 2010

Plans to replace the House of Lords with an elected second chamber of Parliament, scrap I.D. cards and the DNA database and referendum on introducing a new voting system - all part of a raft of proposals Nick Clegg unveiled today.

Nick Clegg, "This government is going to transform our politics so that the state has far less control over you, and you have far more control over the state"

Read "Political Reform - Handing power back to people." in full.

Coalition Government - Statement from the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg MP

Tue 11th May 2010

Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats has said, "Tonight the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party and the Federal Executive of the Liberal Democrat party have overwhelmingly accepted my recommendation that we should now enter into a coalition government with the Conservative Party."

Read "Coalition Government - Statement from the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg MP" in full.

Candidates Say Thank You

Mon 10th May 2010

Peter Coley, Leader of the Leicester Liberal Democrat Council Group spoke on behalf of Parmjit Gill and Ali Asghar who all wished to say thank you to all the support they received through out their campaigns in Leicester.

Read "Candidates Say Thank You" in full.

Nick Clegg's statement on the results of the election

Sat 8th May 2010

Nick Clegg Leader of the Liberal Democrats said that the party with the greatest number of seats and the greatest number of votes was the one which had the mandate to try and form a government.

Read "Nick Clegg's statement on the results of the election" in full.

Gordon Brown is 'worst PM ever' says Labour candidate

Tue 4th May 2010

North West Norfolk's Labour Parliamentary Candidate and Labour Leicester City Councillor for the Fosse Ward, Manish Sood, has called his own Party Leader "the worst Prime Minister" Britain has ever had.

Read "Gordon Brown is 'worst PM ever' says Labour candidate" in full.

Undecided voters swing to Lib Dems following final Leaders Debate

Fri 30th Apr 2010

Last night was the final of the three televised Leaders' debates. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, debated with Gordon Brown and David Cameron about the economy. Subjects discussed included breaking up the banks, creating more jobs and reinvigorating the British economy.

Read "Undecided voters swing to Lib Dems following final Leaders Debate" in full.

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Leicester East General Election Result

Turnout: 47995 (66%)

53.8%

Labour: 25804 (−5%)

24.4%

Conservative: 11722 (+4.6%)

14.2%

Liberal Democrats: 6817 (−2.3%)

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Leicester South General Election Result

Turnout: 47124 (61%)

45.6%

Labour: 21479 (+6.2%)

26.9%

Liberal Democrats: 12671 (−3.7%)

21.4%

Conservative: 10066 (+3.6%)

View the results in detail.

Leicester West General Election Result

Turnout: 35819 (55%)

38.4%

Labour: 13745 (−12.4%)

27.2%

Conservative: 9728 (+2.8%)

22.6%

Liberal Democrats: 8107 (+4.4%)

View the results in detail.

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Quotes of the Week

"People have been talking about Lords reform for over a century. The time for talk is now over."

Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister

Debate of Constitutional Reform, The Independent - 8 June

"Two welcome announcements have come from David Cameron and Nick Clegg in as many days. First, there are going to be major cuts in public spending. Second, they're going to be done with some finesse."

Eamonn Butler, Director of the Adam Smith Institute

Guardian - 9 June

"The wasteful, bureaucratic and intrusive ID card scheme represents everything that has been wrong with government in recent years. By taking swift action to scrap it, we are making it clear that this government won't sacrifice people's liberty for the sake of Ministers' pet projects."

Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister

Comment on the announcement that ID cards are to be scrapped for British citizens within 100 days - 27 May