Blackburn with Darwen Liberal Democrats & Rossendale Liberal Democrats

Labour waste Council Tax Payers' money

Mon 26th Nov 2007

Labour perverting Council Rules

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Lib Dems not to close Community Centres

Mon 26th Nov 2007

Labour Councillors jump the gun on Community Centre Closure

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Liberal Democrats help take control

Sat 19th May 2007

Blackburn with Darwen Liberal Democrats have joined with Conservatives and For Darwen parties to form a Partnership to run Blackburn with Darwen Council. This ends over 20 years of Labour rule. The Partnership have 33 seats on the Council and Labour have 31.

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Highway Robbery

Wed 4th Apr 2007

Council Tax up again - but £12 million cuts !

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Area Councils - giving people a REAL say

Wed 4th Apr 2007

GIVE YOUR AREA A REAL SAY AREA COUNCILS -

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Fortnightly Waste Collection - It's Rubbish!

Wed 4th Apr 2007

There are many of the boroughs residents who want to 'do their bit' for the environment but consider the fortnightly refuse collection to be counter productive particularly those with families who struggle to manage.

Rubbish in back street (photography: David Foster)

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Blackburn with Darwen Lib Dems announce local candidates

Wed 4th Apr 2007

The local Liberal Democrats are mounting one of their biggest ever campaigns to oust Labour from control of Blackburn with Darwen Council. Liberal Democrat Leader, Cllr David Foster said," We are fielding our strongest ever line up of candidates and we are expecting to make significant gains this year to build on our growth over the past few years.

Lib Dem Councillors and Candidates 2007 (photography: David Foster)

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Labour Government take from the poor and give to the rich.

Thu 15th Feb 2007

The Labour government have decided to take away £4.5 million from Blackburn with Darwen Council and give to richer areas who do not deserve it. Liberal Democrat Leader on the Council, David Foster said, "The government have decided that because we are a deprived area we need more money. This means taking money away from "wealthier" areas. The government want to cushion the blow to these areas and therefore have decided not to give us the full amount and give some of it back to these richer areas. Local Council Tax Payers are having to foot the bill. If the government paid us what they say we need we could cut the Council Tax by 10%"

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Darwen Labour MP tops expenses list

Wed 14th Feb 2007

Rossendale & Darwen Labour MP Janet Anderson has topped the list of MP claiming travel expenses for their car.

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Lib Dems launch cut crime campaign

Mon 22nd Jan 2007

Liberal Democrats locally and nationally have launched their campaign to cut crime.

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Blackburn General Election Result

Turnout: 41805 (57%)

42%

Labour: 17562 (−12.1%)

22.9%

Conservative: 9553 (−8.3%)

20.6%

Liberal Democrat: 8608 (+12.5%)

View the results in detail.

Rossendale & Darwen General Election Result

Turnout: 44437 (62%)

42.9%

Labour: 19073 (−5.8%)

34.6%

Conservative: 15397 (−2.1%)

15%

Liberal Democrat: 6670 (+0.4%)

View the results in detail.