http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Hereford and South Herefordshire Liberal Democrats en-GB Hereford and South Herefordshire Liberal Democrats http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Hereford and South Herefordshire Liberal Democrats 2010-03-12T17:30+00:00 United Kingdom http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000251/local_candidate_pledges_support_for_nature_sarah_carr_supports_major_rspb_campaign.html Hereford & South Herefordshire Prospective Liberal Democrat MP, Sarah Carr, has joined a campaign to protect our natural world by signing the Letter to the Future, a major new campaign run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). The letter calls for better investment in nature by politicians, urging them to consider our natural as well as our financial future when making decisions about how to tackle the country's pressing economic problems. 2010-03-08T13:01+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000250/sarah_carr_pledges_her_action_for_children_in_herefordshire.html Sarah Carr, the Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire has pledged to take action for children to help generations to come. On Thursday 4th March Sarah visited Herefordshire Family Support Services run by Action for Children in partnership with Herefordshire Council. During the visit, Sarah heard about the projects being supported by Action for Children and their work in helping severe deprivation in the county. 2010-03-08T12:59+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000249/parliamentary_candidates_question_time_at_hereford_sixth_form_college.html Sarah Carr, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Hereford, Ross and South Herefordshire took part in a heated 'question time' for general election parliamentary candidates held at Hereford Sixth Form College on Thursday 4th March. 2010-03-08T12:58+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000248/mums_campaign_on_a49_crossing.html Local mums took their campaign for a pedestrian crossing on the A49 at Much Birch to the Much Birch Parish Council last night (4th March). Local mum Sharon Davies is leading a campaign for a pedestrian crossing after a lorry narrowly missed her daughter when the family were crossing the road to get to Much Birch Primary School. Sarah Carr, the Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire attended the Parish Council with Sharon and other concerned residents to show her support and at their request. 2010-03-05T15:44+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000247/sarah_carr_makes_pledge_to_voters_on_student_fees.html Ahead of the Hereford Sixth Form Election Special Debate being held on Thursday 4th March, Sarah Carr, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Hereford, Ross and South Herefordshire, has signed a pledge to voters ahead of the forthcoming general election that she will vote against any increase in tuition fees in the next parliament. The National Union of Students (NUS) has launched the Vote for Students campaign to encourage candidates to pledge to protect student interests by opposing attempts to lift the cap on student top-up fees. 2010-02-26T14:35+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000246/sarah_carr_meets_with_herefordshire_police_chief_to_raise_front_desk_concerns.html Following public concern that West Mercia Police are planning to close the front desks at Peterchurch and South Wye Police stations, Sarah Carr, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Hereford, Ross and South Herefordshire has met one-to one with Herefordshire's Police Commander to question him on the proposed closures whilst also raising concerns about lack of visible policing in specific areas. 2010-02-22T13:48+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000245/sarah_carr_brings_vince_cable_to_meet_herefordshire_businesses.html Sarah Carr, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Hereford, Ross and South Herefordshire welcomed Vince Cable MP, the Liberal Democrat party Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor to Herefordshire on Thursday 18th February. 2010-02-22T12:08+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000244/sarah_carr_backs_bid_for_tudorville_community_hall.html Sarah Carr, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Hereford, Ross and South Herefordshire attended a meeting at Tudorville Youth Centre, Ross-on-Wye on Saturday 13th February to support plans by local residents to transform the local youth centre under threat of closure by Herefordshire Council into Tudorville Community Hall managed for and by the local community. 2010-02-15T16:26+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000243/liberal_democrats_launch_plans_to_revitalise_britains_high_streets.html Sarah Carr, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire, has welcomed plans set out to revitalise Britain's high streets, protect the future of the Post Office, and help small businesses establish and grow in a fairer marketplace. The announcement from the Liberal Democrats comes as research shows one in eight shops is now empty after the recession. The report, published by the Local Data Company (LDC), says that vacancies shot up by 24% in the second half of 2009. 2010-02-15T16:26+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000242/campaign_success_as_stonebow_unit_gardens_planning_application_withdrawn_sarah_carr.html Sarah Carr, Prospective Liberal Democrat MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire, has welcomed news that a planning application to build over more than a third of the important gardens of the Stonebow Mental Health Unit at Hereford's County Hospital has now been withdrawn. 2010-02-15T16:25+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000241/police_cuts_could_leave_them_handcuffed__sarah_carr.html Sarah Carr, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Hereford, Ross and South Herefordshire is questioning West Mercia Police on the planned closure of the front desks at Peterchurch and South Wye Police stations and reports of reduced police presence in Hereford's High Town. Sarah has been contacted by local residents concerned by cuts in front line police services and is raising these concerns directly with senior officers. 2010-02-12T11:06+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000240/sarah_carr_welcomes_review_of_car_parking_charges_at_hereford_county_hospital.html Sarah Carr, local campaigner and Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Hereford, Ross and South Herefordshire, has welcomed news from Hereford County Hospital that they have decided to review the limited car parking concession arrangements at the County Hospital. Mrs Carr has been championing the cause of many elderly and disabled residents in Herefordshire angered by the expensive car parking charges at Hereford County Hospital. 2010-02-05T17:15+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000239/sarah_carr_slams_government_plans_to_make_farmers_pay_cost_of_disease_outbreaks.html Sarah Carr, the Liberal Democrat prospective MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire has hit out against Government plans to make livestock farmers pay half the cost of preparing for animal disease outbreaks. 2010-01-29T18:06+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000238/sarah_carr_talks_business_with_chamber_of_commerce.html Sarah Carr, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire, met with business members from Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce on Friday 22nd January. The meeting took place at the Leadership Trust in Weston-Under-Penyard nr Ross-on-Wye. 2010-01-25T17:01+00:00 http://herefordlibdems.org.uk/news/000237/sarah_carr_highlights_shocking_number_of_empty_homes_in_herefordshire.html Sarah Carr, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire, has today highlighted shocking findings of a Liberal Democrat investigation into empty homes across the UK including 2458 empty properties in Herefordshire. 2010-01-15T14:58+00:00