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10 Most Recent News Stories
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Fri 1st Aug 2008
With British Gas/Centrica confirming that it has increased gas prices by 35% with immediate effect, and other suppliers expected to follow, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Sandy Walkington has expressed his great concern for local residents in St Albans.
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Wed 23rd Jul 2008
One of the key issues in the recent St Albans council elections was how large a proportion of council tenants' rents was being seized by central government. It was reported then that almost half of every pound being paid in rent by St Albans council tenants was being swiped by Gordon Brown rather than being spent on home improvements locally.
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Wed 16th Jul 2008
Liberal Democrat candidate for St Albans Sandy Walkington has welcomed the report by the Information Commissioner Richard Thomas recommending that the practice of selling names and personal details from the electoral register be stopped as soon as possible.
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Mon 14th Jul 2008
As part of the campaign against Post Office branch closures, local residents took to the streets on Saturday to march from the threatened Waverley Road Post Office to the central Post Office in St Peters Street.
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Mon 7th Jul 2008
St Albans Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Sandy Walkington has expressed his total dismay at last week's parliamentary vote to keep second home allowances together with the so-called John Lewis list of "allowable" expenses and a rejection of any external audit of MPs' expenditure.
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Fri 4th Jul 2008
- after the current round of five post office closures, will more local branches be targeted?
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Tue 17th Jun 2008
"The announcement that five local post office branches are to be closed is far worse than we had anticipated," says Sandy Walkington. "2500 post offices are being closed nationwide in this latest round of cuts, so five is more than St Albans's fair share. No wonder Labour delayed the announcement till after the local elections."
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Mon 16th Jun 2008
The latest Healthcare Commission report on self-assessment of the performance of health trusts indicates a considerable and welcome improvement in the performance of West Herts Primary Care Trust, although the PCT still fails to meet key government standards on hygiene and on staff training.
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Mon 9th Jun 2008
The long-awaited announcement of which St Albans area sub-post offices will be for the chop comes next week on Tuesday 17th June. This is when the Post Office will announce closure plans for South Herts, South Essex and Buckinghamshire - the area which covers the St Albans parliamentary constituency. Harpenden sub-post offices are in a different administrative region and will not know their fate until 8th July. Both announcements were delayed until after the local elections on May 1st.
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Wed 21st May 2008
Sandy Walkington, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for the St Albans constituency which covers the blackspot areas of the C.76 Lower Road in Bedmond and Primrose Hill, joined the C.76 residents group and a host of local children in their specially organised walk to school this morning.
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