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Wiltshire Residents Denied Proper Debate on the EU

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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Local Residents Speak Out Against Bed Cuts

Local residents are furious at the constant cuts to Wiltshire health services. Just 6 months ago, five minor injury units were closed, leaving just two to serve the hundreds of thousands of Wiltshire residents.
In the same round of cuts, Chippenham …

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Post Office ‘Consultation’ Branded as a Sham!

Following the news that the Post Office will press ahead with its closure plan, prospective Lib Dem MP for Chippenham, Duncan Hames has branded their consultation “a sham”.
“This has been a sham consultation. The Post Office have only provided automatic …

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Lowden Post Office – Public Meeting

Duncan Hames and the Liberal Democrats have organised a public meeting to find out the reality of the closure of Lowden Post Office on the local residents of Chippenham.
The closure was announced last December and the public consultation period will …

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Action Needed to Improve our Train Services: Duncan Hames

Duncan Hames, prospective Lib Dem MP for Chippenham, yesterday (Tuesday) attended a public meeting of the More Train, Less Strain campaign, based in Bath.
The campaign group aims to challenge the government and First Great Western train company, over their poor …

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Duncan Hames Condemns Post Office Closures

Duncan Hames, the prospective Lib Dem MP for Chippenham, Corsham, Melksham and Bradford-on-Avon, has spoken out against the governments plan to close 2500 Post Offices.
The closures are set to hit Wiltshire this week, sparking claims that the move will cause …

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Lib Dem Leadership Candidates Visit Wiltshire

The two leadership candidates for the Liberal Democrat party paid a visit to Wiltshire on Wednesday. The two contenders: Chris Huhne, the environment spokesman and Nick Clegg, the spokesperson on home affairs visited the home of Lord Bath at Longleat …

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Lib Dems launch biggest ever consultation on health in Wiltshire as services are cut

The government’s health cuts have hit Wiltshire hard this week with the closure of five of the county’s crucial local hospital minor injury units in Melksham, Warminster, Westbury, Devizes and Savernake hospitals.
Duncan Hames, Prospective MP for Chippenham Constituency said: “The …

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Lib Dems in Chippenham Back Green Action Plan

Duncan Hames and Liberal Democrats in Chippenham, Bradford and Melksham have welcomed plans that will make Britain a zero carbon country by the middle of the century.
The plans were debated by Liberal Democrats at the party’s conference in Brighton today …

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Lib Dems in Chippenham head for conference

Brighton is bracing itself for the arrival of thousands of Liberal Democrats for the party’s conference next week and amongst those attending will be local campaigners from Chippenham.
Leading local campaigner Duncan Hames will be taking his campaign team with him …

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