http://www.uvlibdems.org.uk Serving Hebden Bridge, Old Town, Eastwood, Lumbutts, Charlestown, Mankinholes, Pecket Well, Blackshaw Head, Heptonstall, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Luddendenfoot, Luddenden, Midgley, Wainstalls, Booth, Friendly, Kershaw Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:16:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chris McCafferty, Labour MP for Calder Valley, backed Gordon Brown's bill to hold terrorism suspects for up to 42 days with out charge. (More soon) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080611/debtext/80611-0020.htm http://www.uvlibdems.org.uk/2008/06/11/calder-valley-mp-backs-42-day-detention-without-charge/ Download it here Liberal Democrat Election Manifesto 2008 http://www.uvlibdems.org.uk/2008/04/11/election-manifesto-launched/ Christine Bampton-Smith has been selected by the Local Liberal Democrat Branch, for a third time, to represent the Luddendenfoot Ward at the election on May 1st 2008. Christine said 'It is an honour to be chosen again to stand in Luddendenfoot. In 2004 I was elected to serve this ward for ... http://www.uvlibdems.org.uk/2008/04/05/christine-bampton-smith-has-been-selected/ Calder Valley Liberal Democrats are once again celebrating being the largest party on Hebden Royd Town Council after by-election wins in the wards of White Lee and Caldene. Polling, which took place on Thursday 6th March, brought success over Labour for local businessman Karl Boggis who took 78% of the votes ... http://www.uvlibdems.org.uk/2008/03/08/lib-dems-triumph/ Radical tax plans that will take the basic rate of income tax to its lowest level since 1916 were unveiled today by the Liberal Democrats. The move to cut the basic rate by four pence in the pound will reduce the basic rate of income tax to 16p, benefiting millions of ... http://www.uvlibdems.org.uk/2007/07/12/liberal-democrats-propose-4p-cut-in-income-tax/ Campaigning to save back gardens. The Liberal Democrats are campaigning to change the law governing planning applications for private gardens. Current legislation means that private gardens are classified as “brown-field” land - designating them as ripe for development. It is now possible for housing developers to purchase residential housing and the back garden ... http://www.uvlibdems.org.uk/2007/04/30/hands-off-our-back-gardens/ Ahead of the local elections on May 3rd, Liberal Democrats in the Calder Valley are asking, “Will the government publish their post offices hit list?” The government’s consultation has finished and a list has been compiled of post offices threatened with closure. The government ... http://www.uvlibdems.org.uk/2007/04/24/calder-valley-liberal-democrats-demand-the-government-come-clean-over-their-post-office-hit-list/ The World Dock Pudding Championship - One of the biggest days in the Mytholmroyd community calendar and where was Labour? This year the added attraction of a bit of celebrity in the form of Robbie Coltrane didn't bring a single Labour MP, councillor or candidate to the event. Last week : No Labour ... http://www.uvlibdems.org.uk/2007/04/22/wheres-labour/ It's going to be a straight fight between the Tories and Liberal Democrats for Luddendenfoot Ward this year. Last year the Liberal Democrats held the ward with the Tories coming second. Labour dropped behind the BNP for the first time ever. There is nothing to suggest this year will be any different. The Liberal ... http://www.uvlibdems.org.uk/2007/04/17/labour-and-bnp-lagging-behind-in-luddendenfoot-election/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6558499.stm http://www.uvlibdems.org.uk/2007/04/16/energy-efficiency-mortgages/