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Winning for Oxfordshire
This is the website of the Oxfordshire County Council Liberal Democrat Group. There are 10 Liberal Democrat Councillors on Oxfordshire County Council. The Liberal Democrats are the official opposition to the Conservative-run Council.
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We hope this site is a useful resource for local people to find out more about the Oxfordshire Liberal Democrat Group and what we are doing on the Council. However, we would like the site to be more than this. Online you can:
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Tue 23rd Jun 2009
At today's County Cabinet meeting, the Conservative administration ignored a request from the Liberal Democrats to allow local councillors to attend meetings of the former Steering Group for Headington and Marston Transport. Instead, they decreed that the group was no longer necessary.
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Read "Steering Group for Headington road works "not needed"?" in full.
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Tue 16th Jun 2009
Opposition Groups on Oxfordshire County Council today joined forces to nominate opposition Chairs to the County's scrutiny committees. Liberal Democrat Chairs were proposed for the Children's Services, Adult Services and Growth & Infrastructure Scrutiny Committees, and Labour Chairs for the Strategy & Partnerships and Safer & Stronger Communities Scrutiny Committees. However, the Conservative majority elected Conservative Chairmen and Vice Chairmen for all five Scrutiny Committees.
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Read "Liberal Democrats and Labour Propose Opposition Chairs of Scrutiny" in full.
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Tue 16th Jun 2009
Oxfordshire County Conservatives have broken the long-established tradition of sharing the non-political positions of Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Council amongst the various groups in turn. This year would have been the turn of the Lib Dem opposition, but instead Conservatives have been elected as both Chairman and Vice Chairman. Further to this, the Conservatives announced that they will keep these positions for the next four years.
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Read "Tories Break Decades-Old Tradition" in full.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"On issue after issue, the Liberal Democrats have led the fight for real change while the Conservatives lagged behind. On the economy, on the environment and now on the real reform of politics, it is the Lib Dems that are offering something different. "
April Pond, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Norwich North by-election
www.norwichlibdems.org.uk - 21 June
"I believe that my position as an MP between now and the next election is untenable. "
Labour MP Ian Gibson
Resigning as MP for Norwich North - 6 June. See www.norwichlibdems.org.uk for Norwich North by-election news.
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