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Welcome to the web site of Chingford and Woodford Green Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.
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Mon 21st Apr 2008
Following our story on Crossrail in November, we have an update on the issue of the Hall Farm Curve. The good news is that Network Rail is seriously considering relaying this short stretch of line to connect St James Street with Stratford, a critical interchange for 2012 and beyond. However, the bad news is that, because it forecasts a requirement for additional capacity on the Lea Valley line between Cambridge, Stansted and Liverpool Street, Network Rail would route ALL local trains to and from Chingford via Stratford. This would obviously speed up the intercity services but would mean that there will no direct connection with Clapton and Hackney Downs stations for Waltham Forest residents. Those wishing to use those stations would either change at Walthamstow Central, go to Tottenham Hale and wait for a slow downline train or travel to Liverpool Street and wait for a slow upline train.
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Read "Update on the Hall Farm Curve" in full.
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Mon 21st Apr 2008
Redbridge Liberal Democrats councillors recently secured a couple of successes on planning matters, the first concerning a development that had exceeded its agreed conditions, the second on preventing the demolition of some character houses and the development of yet more apartment blocks.
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Read "LiBDem Councillors Score Planning Successes" in full.
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Sat 19th Apr 2008
Chingford and Woodford Green LibDems have selected Dr Geoff Seeff as their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the next general election - due in May 2010 at the latest. The founder convener of the SDP in Redbridge, Geoff has been active on local political scene for over 27 years and, amongst other things, was the candidate for the constituency in 1997.
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Read "Dr Geoff Seeff Selected as Prospective Parliamentary Candidate" in full.
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Wed 27th Feb 2008
Although this good news story involves stumps, runs, deliveries and, above all, fair play, it is not about cricket but about a very Liberal Democratic activity - Focus distribution. Waltham Forest Cllrs John Beanse, Noel Penstone and Sheila Pryor (the Borough's Deputy Mayor for the year), out on the stump, organising runs and making deliveries, have notched up their 100th edition of the Hale End and Highams Park Focus - the ward newsletter that keeps residents up to date with local issues, views and campaigns. As befitting such a milestone, a party was held for workers and supporters but as John Beanse said "It is a a good score ..........but it is not the end of the innings and we have no intention of retiring at the moment"
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Read "Hale End and Higham's Park - 100 Not Out ".
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Tue 26th Feb 2008
Controversy continues to rage over the Queen Mary's Gate development. Its originally planned density, and the extension which was subsequently allowed under delegated authority, has appalled local residents (and probably anyone who drives northwards from Charlie Brown's roundabout on the A406). But the developer, Telfords, has added insult to injury by seeking to renege on its section 106 obligations to provide public art on the site. Some £457,000 was required to be set aside for this purpose but Telfords is seeking to use some of the funds to provide a water feature in the gated (and private) part sector - something that was incorporated in the original design.
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Read "Queen Mary's Gate - Telfords Trying it On " in full.
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Tue 26th Feb 2008
A fifth of all post offices in London are facing closure as part of a wider move to shut 2,500 branches nationwide. The Post Office has begun a a six week consultation on plans to close 169 of the capital's 850 post offices. It says that Londoners would see no change to their nearest branch under the proposals - yet Liberal Democrats have revealed figures highlighting the fact that London has twice as many people for each branch as the rest of the country. Lib Dem Mayoral Candidate, Brian Paddick, in a BBC interview (see Liberal Democrats national website) has condemned the proposed closures as exhibiting complete disregard for the needs of local communities.
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Read "Threat to Our Post Offices" in full.
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Sat 16th Feb 2008
Following on from our last story, we received a response to Geoff Seeff's letter of 29th November to Councillor Huggett on 29th January (see attached) - the day of the Area 2 Committee meeting. It appears that Geoff's letter was lost in the Christmas post, which we accept can most certainly happen, but it had not been chased because delays in responding to earlier letters suggested a reluctance to reply.
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Read "Charteris Road Car Park - The Current Situation" in full.
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