Welcome to Saffron Walden Liberal Democrats

From the next General Election, Saffron Walden Constituency will be composed of the District of Uttlesford plus the Broomfield & Writtle area in the Borough of Chelmsford. Here, in the north-west of Essex, Liberal Democrats are the only party seriously challenging the Conservatives. In all recent elections (District, Borough, County, Parliamentary and European) Liberal Democrats finished ahead of Labour.

Conservatives Open Floodgates to Massive Housing Development in Uttlesford

Following the enthusiastic support of Uttlesford Council's ruling Conservative councillors for a 3000-house eco-community near Elsenham, the Labour government has proposed a 5000-house eco-community for the site. These 5000-plus houses may well be on top of the 4200 new houses that the government has already foisted on Uttlesford. If the government proposal goes ahead, the original 4200 new houses may well have to go elsewhere in the District.

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Eco-towns ride roughshod over local authorities - Öpik New! Mon 30th Jun 2008 With the consultation on eco-towns closing today, the Liberal Democrats have condemned ministers for hijacking local planning processes.
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TORIES EXAGGERATED UTTLESFORD'S FINANCIAL PROBLEM. TORY BUDGET SERIOUSLY WRONG AS SERVICES DETERIORATE Mon 23rd Jun 2008 Uttlesford's Liberal Democrat councillors are to ask searching questions on Thursday about the council's financial results for 2007/08 announced this week. The council's net expenditure in 2007/08 was within 1% of the budget that the Lib Dem administration set in February 2007. The Lib Dems want to know why the revised budget set by the Conservatives later in the year was out by 5% and why £1.2 million of council reserves that the Tories claimed would be drained away were not needed.

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Rural Uttlesford 'Threatened by Conservative and Labour Terrible Twins' Mon 23rd Jun 2008 Residents of Elsenham and Henham and neighbouring villages are fighting a double assault on their quality of life from 'terrible twins'; the Labour government and Uttlesford Conservatives.
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Free passes for over 60's in Uttlesford to start from 9 a.m. Mon 23rd Jun 2008 Liberal Democrats on Uttlesford District Council have welcomed the decision by the members of the Council's Environment Committee last Tuesday to allow residents over 60 in Uttlesford to use their free bus passes from 9.00 a.m. instead of the later start of 9.30 a.m. that has applied since April.
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Consensus On New Towns - A Good Start, But More Pressure Needed To Change Plan Wed 18th Jun 2008 Uttlesford's environment committee last night (Tuesday 17 June) affirmed the council's opposition to government inspired eco-towns at Elsenham and Hinxton, Cambs. The committee agreed an amendment proposed by Councillor Catherine Dean of the Liberal Democrats to strengthen the Council's opposition to the Elsenham scheme, saying it was not a brownfield site and that government and developer claims of good access to the location were nonsense.

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