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Local residents across Wiltshire are reeling after the Labour government pushed through a number of local Post Office closures in spite of fierce opposition. 
Liberal Democrats led campaigns to keep them open, starting petitions and calling public meetings, but the government …

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Jon Hubbard and Duncan Hames say it is time to clean up Melksham.
Melksham town has overflowing bins and litter in the streets say two local Lib Dem campaigners.
Litter in the streets was the top issue in Jon Hubbard’s local residents …

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Bradford-on-Avon residents fight housing plan for golf course
Duncan Hames, prospective Lib Dem MP for Bradford-on-Avon, is working with local residents to fight plans for 200 houses on a golf course in the town.
The owners and developers of the site have …

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Duncan Hames joins protesters against the council’s handling of traveller consultation.
Duncan Hames, prospective Lib Dem MP for Chippenham, has slammed the secretive approach of Tory-run North Wiltshire District Council to deciding on future travellers sites.
The Conservative Executive of the district …

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Local Labour and Conservative councillors have teamed up to prevent Liberal Democrat questions about Chippenham Hospital.
Residents have expressed shock after it emerged that Conservative and Labour councillors have prevented the Lib Dems from looking into the cuts at Chippenham hospital.
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Wiltshire College launched their plans to completely re-develop their Chippenham campus. The plans were unveiled at a public exhibition on Thursday in the college’s Cocklebury Road site in the town.
The event was attended by local councillors, neighbours, and Prospective Liberal …

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Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat Party Leader, has backed the campaign to reopen Corsham railway station.
The declaration of support came as the party launched a set of radical new transport policies which include significant improvements to local railway infrastructure.
The campaign to …

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The Wiltshire Primary Care Trust today decided to shelve plans to reduce medical beds at Chippenham Hospital from 43 to just ten. Instead, it decided to stop at 20, pending a three month review led by the North Wiltshire Practice …

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Duncan Hames, prospective Lib Dem MP for Chippenham has used the platform of the Lib Dem party conference this weekend, to highlight the issue of rising energy prices across the country.
In a speech from the main stage on Sunday morning, …

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Liberal Democrats in Wiltshire are stepping up their call for an ‘in or out’ vote on the EU.
Earlier this week, a new opinion poll by Ipsos-MORI was published. The poll showed people strongly prefer the Liberal Democrat call …

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