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Duncan Hames finds 9,000 Wiltshire pensioners missing out on Cold Weather Payments

9,000 Wiltshire pensioners will miss out on Cold Weather Payments triggered by the recent weather, according to analysis of Government figures by the Liberal Democrats.
Cold Weather Payments of £25 a week are paid to people on low incomes who receive …

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Duncan Hames puts fairness at the heart of the Liberal Democrat campaign

The Liberal Democrats have announced they will fight the General Election on four key principles, designed to make Britain a fairer place.
Prospective MP for Chippenham, Duncan Hames, has today set out his campaign priorities: fair taxes; a fair start for …

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Action by Duncan Hames uncovers £32,000 of Council mistakes

Earlier this year, prospective Lib Dem MP for Chippenham, Duncan Hames wrote to the Audit Commission to ask for an enquiry into redundancy pay outs made to senior council officials after Conservative councillors chose to pay out at up …

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Duncan Hames welcomes withdrawal of Bradford golf course application

Prospective local Lib Dem MP, Duncan Hames, has said he is delighted to hear that a planning application to build 200 new houses on Bradford on Avon Golf Course has been withdrawn.
The news comes after a sustained campaign to …

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Time to get our train service back on track.

Prospective Lib Dem MP, Duncan Hames, is calling on Network Rail to radically improve the rail service through our part of Wiltshire by rethinking their new 10 year plan.
Duncan said “For too long we’ve been passed over for rail improvements. …

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Melksham residents say: 20 is plenty!

Would-be MP for our area, Duncan Hames, is backing fellow Lib Dem campaigners in Melksham who want local residents to be given the right to reduce the speed limit on their roads to 20mph.
Speeding traffic on residential roads is a …

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Duncan Hames backs Royal British Legion campaign for our troops

Following a weekend of remembrance for the country’s war dead, prospective local Lib Dem MP, Duncan Hames, has given his backing to the Royal British Legion campaign to secure a better deal for Britain’s troops and their families.
Duncan, who …

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Another threat to Bradford on Avon Golf Course.

Bradford residents were shocked to learn that Conservative Councillors met in secret to do a deal that paved the way for nearly 200 houses to be built on Bradford on Avon Golf Course.
Liberal Democrat campaigner and would-be MP, Duncan Hames, …

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Having a “full-time local MP” is top concern of local voters according to survey

The local Liberal Democrats have conducted a survey of over 5,000 voters in the new Chippenham constituency on a variety of local issues.
One of the top concerns expressed was that the next MP should be local to our area and …

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Duncan Hames introduces leading MPs to a Melksham success story: Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems

On Thursday 8th October Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg MP, and Deputy Leader, Vince Cable MP, visited Chippenham and Melksham to give their support to prospective local MP, Duncan Hames, and to discuss the Liberal Democrats’ plan to get the …

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