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10 Most Recent Press Articles
Tory Come Lately
Written by Richard Burt on Fri 16th May 2008
The Conservatives have recently been making a great deal of noise about the need to compensate people who lose out as a result of Labour's decision to double the 10p income tax starter rate.
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World Environment Day - 5th June 2007
Written by Richard Burt, Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for West Worcestershire on Tue 5th Jun 2007
I want take the opportunity of World Environment Day this week to outline to our readers the proposals of Britain's greenest major party - the Liberal Democrats.
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Read "World Environment Day - 5th June 2007" in full.
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Notice of Motion to Wychavon District Council, 7 November 2006
Written by Cllr Margaret Rowley and Cllr Charles Tucker on Wed 8th Nov 2006
This Council believes that individuals and businesses in Wychavon would benefit from revisions to taxation that would reduce the burden on income while increasing taxation on pollution and the use of finite environmental resources.
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Read "Notice of Motion to Wychavon District Council, 7 November 2006" in full.
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Conservatives Support Local Property Taxes
Written by Paul H Griffiths on Tue 7th Nov 2006
Recently the Conservative parliamentary candidate for West Worcestershire has been attacking non-existent Lib Dem plans to impose a 1% property value tax. It's nothing but spin. But what's worse, she seems to have forgotten that her own party introduced, and still supports, a local property tax: namely, the council tax.
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Read "Conservatives Support Local Property Taxes" in full.
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Worcester News says "Abolition of Council Tax is the solution"
Written by Richard Burt, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for West Worcestershire on Mon 23rd Oct 2006
A recent comment in the Worcester News' influential Opinion column that "council tax needs to be abolished in favour of a local income tax that takes into account people's ability to pay" [4 October] drew a revealing response from my Conservative opponent, Harriet Baldwin.
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Worcestershire Voters Urged To Study The Small Print In Tory Tax Propaganda
Written by Paul H Griffiths on Wed 20th Sep 2006
An article recently posted on the website of the Conservative parliamentary candidate for West Worcestershire urges voters to "study the small print in Lib Dem tax plans." If she had followed her own advice, she would perhaps have made fewer mistakes.
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Read "Worcestershire Voters Urged To Study The Small Print In Tory Tax Propaganda" in full.
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Public Conveniences and Tory Opportunism
Written by Richard Burt, Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate on Wed 30th Aug 2006
Last week I visited the Memorial Hall in Upton upon Severn to see plans for the new temporary flood barriers that will be trialled next month. The £150,000 Environment Agency project will bring welcome security from flooding for Upton residents and is greatly welcomed. Malvern Hills District Council will be an active partner, working with the Environment Agency and others to ensure the success of the barriers when they are needed.
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Read "Public Conveniences and Tory Opportunism" in full.
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Review of Council's Senior Management Posts
Written by Cllr Jon Rayner, Portfolio Member for Resources on Mon 24th Jul 2006
I was disappointed, but not surprised, to read comments in last week's Malvern Gazette by Conservative Councillors about the Council's proposed senior management review.
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Read "Review of Council's Senior Management Posts" in full.
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War in Lebanon
Written by Richard Burt, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for West Worcestershire on Mon 24th Jul 2006
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams spoke with great wisdom and absolute clarity when he gave a public interview last week on the war in Lebanon.
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