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19 Sep 2015
National News
Basingstoke Lib Dems head to Bournemouth Conference
On Saturday 19th September, Liberal Democrats from Basingstoke will be heading to Bournemouth for the Party's
18 Sep 2015
What's striking about Henry George proposals is how relevant they are in the 21st Century #LVT
. Policy proposals Tax on land and natural resource monopoly Free trade - opposed to tariffs, which were at the time both the major method of protectionist trade policy and an important source of federal revenue Supported the use of government issued paper currency such as the greenback. He opposed the use of metallic currency (such as gold or silver) and money issued by private commercial banks Citizen's dividend - proposed to create a pension and disability system, and that excess public revenues from land rents could be distributed to residents "as a right" instead of as charity to end or restrict the use of intellectual property to have government own and manage all right-of-way and "natural" monopolies, such as utility companies and mass transportation, to replace contract patronage with the direct employment of government workers, with civil-service protections, to implement campaign finance reform and political spending restrictions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_George#Policy_proposals
18 Sep 2015
Mayor's Village Tour to Conclude Tonight with Street Surgeries Tonight at Stevington, Pavenham and Oakley
Mayor Dave Hodgson's annual Village Tour is to conclude tonight with open street surgeries at Stevington, Pavenham and then Oakley with half-hour sessions beginning at 5.30, 6.15 and then 7pm respectively. Oakley is the 61st and final village on the Mayor's Village Tour 2015, which has seen over two hundred people speak to Mayor Dave directly in their village, discussing a range of local and wider issues.
18 Sep 2015
Do we really want to leave the EU? Over this crisis?
News in the Mail on Sunday that 51% of us would now vote to leave the EU is more than disappointing to those of us who believe the UK is, on balance, probably better off within it as it currently stands. It is downright worrying.
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18 Sep 2015
9 out of 10 diesel cars failing to meet EU pollution limits
9 out of 10 new diesel cars are failing to meet EU air pollution limits, according to a report published today by sustainable transport group Transport & Environment. This is due to manufacturers testing their new vehicles in laboratory conditions which do not reflect actual emissions of pollutants on the road. The research found that on average diesel cars in the EU are producing emissions about five times higher than the permitted limit.
17 Sep 2015