http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Eastleigh Liberal Democrats en-GB Eastleigh Liberal Democrats http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Eastleigh Liberal Democrats 2008-07-04T12:54+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000374/diane_andrewes_nominated_as_volunteer_hero.html Diane Andrewes of the Eastleigh Southern Parishes Older People's Forum (ESPOPF) was nominated today as a Volunteer Hero during a special meeting held at the House of Commons. 2008-06-26T18:30+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000373/home_start_praised_for_record_year__huhne.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne today congratulated Eastleigh Home Start - the local charity that cares for young families - on its most successful year with more home visits and more donations than ever before. 2008-06-26T17:00+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000372/sw_trains_to_cut_staff_despite_passenger_growth__huhne.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne said that SW Trains' decision to cut ticket office staff across the network was "bizarre and short-sighted" given the evidence of sharp passenger growth at almost every station where the 140 job cuts are targeted. 2008-06-25T17:55+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000371/now_fight_hamble_gravel_pit__huhne.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne today backed local residents fighting a plan to turn Hamble airfield into one of the biggest gravel pits in the south east of England. 2008-06-17T17:30+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000370/historic_riflemen_set_up_camp_in_eastleigh.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne was among hundreds of local residents who turned out to see volunteers from all over the country re-enacting an army camp of the Napoleonic period on the Leigh Road recreation ground. 2008-06-09T10:50+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000368/speedmatching_to_boost_eastleigh_volunteers__huhne.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne blew the whistle on a novel experiment in speed-dating when potential volunteers met up with the charities that need their help. 2008-06-07T11:30+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000367/police_must_back_local_carnivals_and_fetes__huhne.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne has appealed to the Chief Constable of Hampshire constabulary not to stop local carnivals by prohibitively putting up the price of policing and road closures. 2008-05-14T10:20+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000366/tribute_to_great_council_and_winning_team__huhne.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne said that excellent local election results in Eastleigh - which saw the Tories lose their last council seat in the Eastleigh constituency to the Lib Dems - were a tribute to borough leader Cllr Keith House and an outstanding council group that listened to local people. 2008-05-06T12:30+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000365/police_go_for_second_jobs_to_boost_pay__huhne.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne says that the Government's failure to honour its pay promises to the police force have driven many Hampshire officers to seek second jobs. 2008-04-24T15:15+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000364/chris_says_take_day_off_for_st_george.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne today backed a House of Commons motion to take an extra public day off for St George. 2008-04-23T16:15+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000363/cinema_set_to_make_eastleighs_christmas_sparkle__house.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne and borough leader Keith House were told that the new cinema and 20-lane bowling site in Eastleigh is on schedule for a grand Christmas season opening during a visit to the construction site. 2008-04-18T16:10+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000362/oil_plans_risk_causing_panic_in_housing_market__huhne.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne called on Northern Petroleum to come clean about its proposals for oil drilling in Hedge End and Botley or risk hitting the local housing market. 2008-04-18T11:20+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000361/sewer_vandals_cause_misery_for_300_homes__huhne.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne described the people who blocked a key town sewer as "stupid and mindless vandals" today as emergency pumps were brought in to clear the back-up. 2008-04-16T18:20+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000360/new_swan_centre_ahead_of_schedule.html Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne and Eastleigh borough council leader Keith House were shown the new escalators linking the Swan Centre with the new extension including the cinema when they visited the site. 2008-04-11T14:21+01:00 http://www.eastleighlibdems.org.uk/news/000359/disastrous_road_closure_faces_legal_threat_from_borough.html Eastleigh borough council leader Keith House said today that the county council's proposed five month closure of Southampton Road could be so "disastrous" that the borough may have to take legal action to force a review of their decision. 2008-04-08T11:00+01:00