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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Clegg Opposes Labour's Expansion of Stansted New! Fri 10th Oct 2008 Speaking at a public meeting in Chelmsford on Thursday 9th October, Liberal Democrat Party Leader Nick Clegg MP, said, in response to the first question asked, that he was totally opposed to the expansion of Stansted Airport.
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Will The Conservatives Hold Firm On Stansted? New! Wed 8th Oct 2008 Liberal Democrats around Stansted have given a guarded welcome to David Cameron's statement of opposition to more runways at Stansted Airport.
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WHAT ARE OUR STREETS FOR? Wed 24th Sep 2008 The national 'In Town, Without My Car' day passed this week (22 September) without being even acknowledged by the ruling Conservative party at Essex County Council, denying local communities any chance to participate. This annual campaign is run to remind all highway users, that our streets are shared by road and pavement users and that there are other people using the same space.

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Tories Raid Playing Fields Fund Sat 20th Sep 2008 In a letter to the press, Saffron Walden Lib Dem Town Councillor Richard Freeman has raised concerns about the attitude of the Town Council's current Conservative leadership to playing fields in the town.
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TORIES CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME Wed 17th Sep 2008 Despite spending millions of pounds on road maintenance, less than half of local residents are not satisfied with the speed in which potholes are fixed or with the quality of the repairs. These are the findings of a review of Essex County Council's highways maintenance initiative from the Conservative-led administration.
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