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Car parking hike comes back to haunt Mid Sussex District Council

New figures released by Mid Sussex District Council show a big shortfall in the income from car parking tickets issued in the district's car parks since prices were hiked up earlier this year - despite Lib Dem opposition warnings at the time that it was the wrong moment to be increasing charges. "It's time that the Tories put their hands up and admitted that they've made a massive error of judgement on this issue." says Burgess Hill councillor Heather Ross.

19 Oct 2009
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Broken pavements have left Barnet with a multi million pound compensation bill

Multi million pound compensation bill for broken pavements

Barnet Council has paid out £1.79million in compensation to people who have been injured by tripping on pavements in the borough in the past five years. It is ranked the ninth worst local authority in the country according to information the Liberal Democrats obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

18 Oct 2009
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How not to manage a major political row 

As a communally active Liberal Democrat, I have lived through more than the occasional Jewish political row. Letters from the Board of Deputies, front page headlines in the JC - I don't so much have that T-shirt, as a whole wardrobe full of them. The latest such row, about the Tories' new allies in the European Conservatives and Reformists group, is like a greatest hits compilation of this ever-expanding genre, prompting me to offer the Tories some entirely unsolicited tips on how to manage (and how not to manage) the fallout:

MH
18 Oct 2009
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