http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Aldershot Constituency Liberal Democrats en-GB Aldershot Constituency Liberal Democrats http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Aldershot Constituency Liberal Democrats 2010-03-17T05:45+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000085/pyestock_betrayal_as_tories_throw_in_the_towel.html Prospective Lib Dem MP Adrian Collett condemned the failure of Tory-run Hart Council to challenge the decision to approve the Pyestock mega depot. 2010-02-13T19:11+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000084/crime_crackdown_success.html Hampshire Police ran an extremely successful campaign last year focusing on burglary even more than ever before. 2010-02-07T21:06+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000081/votewatch_report_shows_lib_dem_strength_in_european_parliament.html An independent analysis by VoteWatch, a website set up to monitor the EU's legislative process, has revealed that liberal MEPs hold the balance of power in the European Parliament. 2010-02-01T16:45+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000080/south_east_mep_sharon_bowles_pushes_european_commission_to_conduct_wide_public_consultation_on_new_air_travel_legislation.html Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles has secured a significant victory in the fight for cost-effective air travel. 2010-01-29T14:40+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000079/lib_dem_meps_fight_for_fuel_efficient_cars.html Car drivers are getting more miles to the gallon out of their vehicles, with big improvements still to come. 2010-01-27T12:20+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000078/south_east_mep_sharon_bowles_welcomes_eus_aid_pledge_of_137_million_to_haiti.html Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles, who chairs the European Parliament's powerful Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, has welcomed the EU's pledge of €137 million in aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti. 2010-01-19T14:30+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000074/merry_christmas.html I hope that you are getting some rest over the holiday period. I am spending this Christmas with my husband Andrew, our sons Remy and Damian and my father, who is now 95 - that is if we can get ourselves dug out of our various locations! 2009-12-24T16:50+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000073/south_east_mep_sharon_bowles_calls_for_eurostar_overhaul.html Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles has today called for an overhaul of Eurostar following weekend failures of its service which left thousands of passengers trapped in the Channel Tunnel and up to 60,000 people stranded. 2009-12-21T12:45+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000071/copenhagen_comedown.html Euro MP for the South East, Catherine Bearder, has expressed her huge disappointment at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen. 2009-12-20T15:38+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000068/local_euro_mp_sharon_bowles_highlights_the_need_for_more_young_scientists.html Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles is this week highlighting the need for more young people to take up maths, science and engineering. 2009-12-14T17:30+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000067/south_east_mep_sharon_bowles_welcomes_eu_plans_for_better_holiday_travel_protection.html Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles has welcomed the news that the EU Commission will be consulting on plans to ensure that holiday-goers benefit from better holiday travel protection. 2009-12-11T16:20+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000066/south_east_mep_sharon_bowles_calls_for_moratorium_on_bankers_bonuses.html Lib Dem MEP and Chair of the European Parliament's influential Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, Sharon Bowles, today called for a moratorium on bankers' bonuses in response to Alistair Darling's Pre-Budget Report. 2009-12-09T15:35+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000065/south_east_mep_sharon_bowles_tells_british_bankers_association_what_time_it_is.html Lib Dem MEP and Chair of the European Parliament's powerful Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, Sharon Bowles, today addressed the British Bankers Association at their annual reception in Brussels. 2009-12-08T15:15+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000064/bearder_marches_for_copenhagen.html Last Saturday Catherine Bearder MEP marched through central London with 50,000 people at The Wave. The march was to show the strength of popular will to find an international agreement on tackling climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. 2009-12-07T17:52+00:00 http://www.aldershotlibdems.org.uk/news/000087/adrians_pledge.html "Why should an MP who lives in this area need a second home, funded by taxpayers?" asks Lib Dem candidate Adrian Collett. 2009-11-14T19:09+00:00