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LIB DEM VISION FOR OUR OPEN SPACES
Tue 24th Feb 2009
Our area borders on 2 "Living Landscapes", as recognised by Essex Wildlife Trust, Essex County Council and Basildon Council, which extend from the Plotlands and the Wildlife Trust reserve in the west, through the Langdon Hills country parks and reserves and "land North of Dry Street" across the golf course to the Pitsea marshes and Wat Tyler complex. Wat Tyler Park almost touches on the Hadleigh Castle Country Park, providing a huge area of public open space across this part of South Essex. Now your local LibDem councillors, in support of the joint management vision for these living landscapes, would like to see the whole area recognised as one entity.It could even be a National Park ! It has a huge diversity of habitat for wildlife and is enormously rich in natural plant life. The area provides a much needed green lung for the hundreds of thousand of people who live in S.Essex and will be even more important as The Thames Gateway expands.
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NETHERMAYNE TO BE MAIN ARTERIAL ROAD
Thu 9th Oct 2008
If the plans for the huge container port on the Thames in Thurrock come to fruition one of the main access roads will be - Nethermayne. Council officials have confirmed that Basildon is being viewed as the main provider of the workforce to service the new development. This alone will immensely increase the volume of traffic through the middle of Lee Chapel South and Kingswood. Then there's the - still unclear - plans for Basildon & Thurrock College, while the new 'Prospects' college has taken over some of the so-called Icon building in Southernhay. The block which was supposed to be an 'iconic' building for Basildon, has also, we understand, sold a number of flats to a local housing association. This may be good news, but in today's economic climate what local people want are local homes at affordable prices.
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'Make it Happen'
Thu 17th Jul 2008
Liberal Democrats in Basildon have welcomed the launch of the Liberal Democrats' vision for Britain by Party Leader Nick Clegg MP. Called 'Make it Happen', the paper will be debated at the party's conference in Bournemouth in September.
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"On issue after issue, the Liberal Democrats have led the fight for real change while the Conservatives lagged behind. On the economy, on the environment and now on the real reform of politics, it is the Lib Dems that are offering something different. "
April Pond, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Norwich North by-election
www.norwichlibdems.org.uk - 21 June
"I believe that my position as an MP between now and the next election is untenable. "
Labour MP Ian Gibson
Resigning as MP for Norwich North - 6 June. See www.norwichlibdems.org.uk for Norwich North by-election news.
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