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:| 5 REASONS TO VOTE CONSERVATIVE ON MAY 5TH 2005 (07/03/05) Over the weekend, Conservative County Council Candidates launched their campaign across Somerset for the elections on 5 May 2005. On Saturday, in Wedmore, the Conservatives made five simple pled... Read More |
| LIBERAL DEMOCRAT PROSPECTS - Letter (01/03/05) The Editor, THE TIMES Dear Sir Andrew Cooper's article (1 March) can give little hope to the Liberal Democrats. With the electorate becoming much more concerned with crime, antisocial behaviour ... Read More |
| CONSERVATIVE 2.5% COUNCIL TAX PROPOSAL REJECTED (23/02/05) At a meeting of the Somerset County Council today, the Lib Dem and Labour members threw out the Conservative alternative budget proposals, which would have reduced the rise in Council Tax to 2.5%.&nbs... Read More |
| EDUCATION STANDARDS ARE SLIPPING - Letter (21/02/05) According to the Audit Commission, Somerset Education Authority has slipped from ‘excellent’ to merely ‘good’. This shouldn’t distract from the first rate job our teachers are doing but it does point ... Read More |
| LIBERAL DEMOCRATS & EUROPE - Letter (08/02/05) At a time when our country is threatened by further integration into the EU I am puzzled by how well-meaning people can be favourable to the Liberal Democrat party. Are they awar... Read More |
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LIB DEM COUNCILLORS VOTE TO GIVE THEMSELVES PAY RISES
Senior Lib Dems at County Hall have come under fire for trying to give themselves pay rises at the same time as proposing to cut other Councillors' ... Read More
CONSERVATIVES SLAM "HYPOCRITE" MP
HARD TIMES
Ken Maddock, Leader of Somerset County Council explains why his Conservative administration will have to tighten the purse strings for a while yet:
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CONSERVATIVES SLAM "IRRESPONSIBLE" MP
SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL DOING MORE FOR LESS
Residents in Somerset will welcome Somerset County Council's efforts to provide more for less in these difficult financial times.
As Somerset ... Read More
COUNTY COUNCIL BUDGET HIT BY DEBT DOUBLE-WHAMMY
Spiralling debt incurred by both the Labour Government and the former Lib Dem administration at County Hall has led to the drafting of an emergency ... Read More





