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Welcome to Wandsworth Liberal Democrats web site!
This is the website for Battersea & Tooting Liberal Democrats. It covers general news for the Borough of Wandsworth and local news for Battersea, Tooting, Wandsworth Town, Balham and Earlsfield.
Local news for Putney, Southfields, Roehampton and Wimbledon Parkside is covered by Putney Liberal Democrats at www.putney-libdems.org
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Sat 10th May 2008
Wandsworth Liberal Democrats thank all those who voted for the party and its candidates in the recent Mayoral and London Assembly elections, and all those who helped in the campaign. Special thanks is due to Shas Sheehan the Wandsworth & Merton Assembly candidate, and Wandsworth member Jeremy Ambache who was on the London member party list. They both worked tirelessly to get the message across.
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Thu 21st Feb 2008
Liberal Democrats condemn plans to close yet more post office branches. On 19th February the Government announced the planned closure of 8 Post Offices in Wandsworth Borough, four of them in Tooting. This was part of 2,500 closures planned nationally, 169 of which are in London. Brian Paddick, Liberal Democrat candidate for London Mayor, has launched a major campaign to save local post offices. "Post offices are often the heart of a local community and we must all do our utmost to preserve them. The trouble with economic arguments is that they leave people out of the equation and they are the most important part. Many people rely on a local post office, and to close 20% of London's post offices just shows a complete disregard for the needs of the local community," says Brian. See www.brianpaddick.org
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Tue 5th Feb 2008
Shas Sheehan will fight the Wandsworth & Merton constituency for the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly elections on 1st May. "I will not be the invisible representative for Wandsworth & Merton," she promises. "Nobody knows who their current representative is, because Tories and Labour take people for granted and don't try to communicate. I pledge to fight for my constituents in the London Assembly and tell them what I'm doing through newsletters and online."
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Wed 17th Oct 2007
Local Liberal Democrats have expressed their concerns that the collapse of Tube company Metronet might affect services to Londoners. Metronet, which was brought in by the Mayor Livingstone to upgrade much of our outdated Underground rail and stations, went bust earlier this year.
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Tue 31st Jul 2007
The Liberal Democrat Graveney FOCUS team has called on Transport for London to make improvements to the road junction at Amen Corner. Residents have been complaining about traffic congestion, which causes delays to pedestrians and worries about safety. As a major road junction, this is the responsibility of Transport for London. Earlier this year there was a fatal accident on Southcroft Road nearby.
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Fri 1st Jun 2007
Graveney Focus team member Jeremy Ambache has been selected for the Liberal Democrat top-up list for next year's London Assembly elections. He is fourth on the list, after current leader Mike Tuffrey, Dee Doocey and Caroline Pidgeon. This followed a ballot of all Liberal Democrat party members in London, using the single transferable vote system. A former local authority chief officer for social care and housing, Jeremy was Lib Dem candidate in Graveney ward in 2006, and parliamentary candidate for Putney in 2005. He is a long-standing activist in Wandsworth Borough. "I am delighted with this result," says Jeremy. "A big thank you to all those who supported me."
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Fri 1st Jun 2007
The Liberal Democrat Graveney Focus team is calling for more G1 buses at rush hours to relieve overcrowding. Graveney residents contacted the team about the problems they are experiencing at peak times - often the buses are too crowded to get on the first bus that passes. The team is also concerned about safety on crowded buses. G1s go at 20 minute intervals, with no increased frequency at rush hours. "Either the buses should be more frequent or they should be bigger," say team members Jeremy Ambache and Karimah Bouaichaoui.
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