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Tax Credit Chaos Still Failing Local Families

Councillor David Foster, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Blackburn with Darwen Council has today called for a total overhaul of the way tax credits are awarded after new figures revealed that over 6,000 local families in Blackburn and Darwen are still being forced to payback over £5 million worth of tax credits, due to overpayments made by HM Revenue and Customs. He also revealed that over 3,000 families were being underpaid by a total of £1.7 million

1 Jun 2006
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Lib Dem Group Leader Cllr. David Foster

New Liberal Democrat Leader announced

Blackburn with Darwen Liberal Democrats elected Cllr. David Foster as their new Group Leader for 2006/7. Cllr. Foster paid tribute to Cllr. Paul Browne who had been Leader for over 20 years and commented on how the Party had grown from 2 seats to 13 under his leadership.

16 May 2006
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Lib Dems make gains in Blackburn

Liberal Democrats in Blackburn made a net gain of 2 seats from Labour in the Local Elections on May 5. This increased their representation on Blackburn with Darwen Council to 13. Lib Dems gained Audley, Bastwell and Shear Brow from Labour, but lost one seat, Little Harwood to Labour. They cam close to gaining another seat in the Sudell Ward in Darwen, Tony Melia failing to gain the seat by only 12 votes.

5 May 2006
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Liberal Democrat Leader, Sir Menzies Campbell

Lib Dem Leader highlights crime as key issue for Local Elections

Liberal Democrat Leader, Sir Menzies Campbell was on the campaign trail today and highlighted crime as a key issue in these local elections, he said: "Preventing crime is very much a liberal issue. The Liberal Democrats have pioneered a wide range of successful crime cutting measures at local level, measures which have a real impact on ensuring that we don't just talk tough on crime, we actually tackle it.

19 Apr 2006
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