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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Mon 5th Jul 2010
At 9.30am this morning the Mayor, Maureen Fearn, cut the ribbon and declared the new Library open! This has been a long campaign and many folk did not believe that we would win through. Nevertheless with the support of the people of Southport we did. Special mention must go to Jean Alexander who was the public face of the campaign and who did not shirk from standing out in the cold collecting signatures or speaking to council meetings. We should also mention the Visiter and in particular the Editor. His entusiam for the project was a key factor in our success. More information and photographs are on the blog for today.
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Wed 16th Jun 2010
The annual statement of Allowances and Expenses paid to councillors by Sefton Council has just been published. The "official" statement is available on Sefton's website.
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Wed 12th May 2010
Birkdale Lib Dems chalked up a major victory in the local elections on Thursday. For the first time we achieved over 50% of the votes. Speaking after the result Iain Brodie Browne thanked the residents of Birkdale for their support and pledged to work hard as their councillor. The results was as follows:
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Mon 3rd May 2010
Birkdale Lib Dems have chosen Iain Brodie Browne to fight the election for Sefton Council which takes place on the same day as the General Election. Iain is the Deputy Leader of the Lib Dems on Sefton Council.
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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.
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Wed 28th Apr 2010
On Thursday 29th April from 8.30pm, BBC One will host the final live Prime Ministerial Debate of the General Election from the Midlands. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in the run up to the General Election next Thursday.
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Fri 23rd Apr 2010
An average of five polls conducted immediately after the Sky TV Leaders Election debate on Thursday night put Nick Clegg as the winner, with all instant polls showing him ahead of Gordon Brown. After the Foreign Affairs-led debate from Bristol dominated by issues like Iraq, immigration and climate change, Nick Clegg won 3 of the 5 polls on the night, building on his position after the first debate.
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Wed 21st Apr 2010
The second Party Leaders Debate is taking place this Thursday starting at 8pm on Sky News. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in a TV debate in the run up to the General Election on May 6th, this time leading on Foreign Affairs.
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Fri 16th Apr 2010
The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats.
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Thu 15th Apr 2010
Tonight on ITV, Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will be going head to head in a TV debate. This is the first of three debates that will be taking place in the run up to the General Election on May 6th.
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Wed 14th Apr 2010
Nick Clegg has launched the Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto. The manifesto sets out four clear priorities of fair taxes, a fair chance for every child, a fair economy, and a fair deal by cleaning up politics.
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Tue 13th Apr 2010
John Pugh was adapted as the Lib Dem candidate for Southport at a meeting held at the Scarisbrick Hotel Southport last night. You can see a video of the even on Southport TV
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Mon 12th Apr 2010
With the General Election on 6th May, there is still time to arrange a postal vote. Voting by post is an easy and convenient way of voting if you are unable to get to the polling station on polling day - for any reason.
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Mon 29th Mar 2010
The first ever TV debate between the three candidates to be the next Chancellor has seen Lib Dem Vince Cable win a clear victory. In a Channel 4 on-line poll carried out immediately after the debate, Vince out-polled both Alistair Darling and George Osborne.
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![Vince Cable [Photo: LDD Pics]](/images/sites/217.160.173.25-3e54d75166df56.63810547/thumbs/316.jpeg "Vince Cable [Photo: LDD Pics]")
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Sun 28th Mar 2010
At 8pm on Monday 29th March, Channel 4 will stage a live debate between the would-be Chancellors, Liberal Democrat Vince Cable, Labour's Alistair Darling and Conservative George Osborne. Krishnan Guru-Murthy will be asking the questions.
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Thu 4th Mar 2010
The long battle to secure a temporary town centre home for Southport Library has been won. At this morning's meeting of the cabinet Birkdale Councillor Iain Brodie Browne moved that the temporary Library should go ahead in the ground floor of the Visiter Office in Tulketh Street.
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Tue 2nd Feb 2010
Vince Cable, Treasury Spokesman and Deputy Leader of the Liberal
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Fri 13th Nov 2009
• Southport's town centre Library will have to shut for nearly 3 years from early 2010 while much-needed refurbishment work is undertaken on the Arts Centre and Library complex (the £15 million "Southport Cultural Centre" project).
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Thu 12th Nov 2009
Sefton Council's ruling Cabinet has thrown out throw a proposal to relocate Southport's town centre library to the currently vacant space at the rear of Southport Market Hall during the 3 years of work on the Arts Centre and Library buildings.
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Tue 10th Nov 2009
Southport's Liberal Democrat councillors, who hold two-thirds of Southport's 21 council seats, have expressed their unanimous support for the idea of temporarily relocating the town's library into the rear of Southport Market Hall.
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