Welcome to Norwich Liberal Democrats

As a strong opposition party on Norwich City Council, the Liberal Democrats continue to offer a distinct and positive alternative to the minority Labour administration.

At Parliamentary level, Liberal Democrats are the clear challengers to sacked Labour Home Secretary Charles Clarke in Norwich. At the 2005 General Election, the Lib Dems came within 3,700 votes of winning the seat, while the Conservatives came a poor third. The Green Party were in fourth place with only 7 votes in every hundred. In the recent city council elections Labour finished fourth in Norwich South and in the European elections, the Liberal Democrats increased our vote in the region while Labour fell to fourth place, behind the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives and the UK Independence Party. Commentators have been predicting for some time that the seat may well be won by Liberal Democrat Simon Wright at the next General Election election. Simon's personal website is at www.simonwright.org.uk

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Lib Dem Budget Plans: A better deal for Norwich (Update!) Wed 3rd Mar 2010 While some of the group's budget initiatives were taken on board by the Labour administration, Lib Dems were disappointed that Labour did not go further.
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Norwich residents to lose out as Government cuts back on free bus travel Tue 23rd Feb 2010 From April, free bus passes will be denied to people on their 60th birthday as a result of government cuts.
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Lib Dem Budget Plans: A better deal for Norwich Tue 23rd Feb 2010 At tonight's budget meeting, the Liberal Democrats will propose amendments to support small business and economic development, introduce 20mph speed limits, increase neighbourhood devolution, keep the council's call-centre 'in-house', and set a lower council tax rise.
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Response to unitary announcement Wed 10th Feb 2010 Cllr Brian Watkins, Norwich Liberal Democrat Group Leader, responds to today's decision by Local Government Minister Rosie Winterton to create a unitary council in Norwich.
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Decision on Norwich 20mph limits expected in March Mon 1st Feb 2010 A crunch decision on the Liberal Democrat campaign to get a 20mph blanket limit in the city's residential streets will be taken at the March meeting of the Norwich Joint Highways Committee.
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Councillor 'rides the buses' Tue 5th Jan 2010 Just before Christmas, Eaton Ward Councillor Judith Lubbock carried out an investigation into buses in Eaton and particularly the new 23 service.
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Hereward Cooke Wed 16th Dec 2009 It was with great sadness today that Norwich Liberal Democrats learnt the news that Hereward Cooke had died while in Copenhagen for the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
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