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Campaign for Safe Crossing by Queen's Head, Green Lanes

Sat 12th Sep 2009

Harringay Ward residents who have been campaiging for a safer crossing over Green Lanes by the Queen's Head Pub, Frobisher Road, have received a boost from David and Harringay Ward Lib Dem Councillors Karen Alexander and Carolyn Baker.

Land Grab at Down Lane Park

Thu 20th Aug 2009

Currently there are some worrying proposals which could result in one third of Down Lane Park (near Tottenham Hale Station) being built over.

Haringey Council's fly-tipping record still rubbish says Liberal Democrats

Mon 20th Oct 2008

Haringey Council still has one of the highest rates of fly-tipping in the country. Information revealed by the Liberal Democrats shows that Haringey has the 4th highest incidents of fly-tipping in London and is 6th highest in England.

Alarm as Haringey Health Trust's performance plummets

Thu 16th Oct 2008

Haringey Teaching and Primary Care Trust's official rating for quality of service has fallen from 'good' to 'fair' and its performance in meeting national targets has fallen to 'weak'.

Liberal Democrat's criticise Labour's last minute attempt to gag community group

Wed 15th Oct 2008

Liberal Democrats have condemned Haringey Council's last-ditch attempt to stop Asian Older women's user-group 'I Can Care' addressing the Full Council on Monday night by saying its £12 million plan to develop Woodside House are now "on hold".

No to Heathrow expansion: David Schmitz welcomes cross-party support for Liberal Democrat motion

Tue 14th Oct 2008

Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Tottenham David Schmitz has welcomed news that Liberal Democrat councillors have secured cross party support for their stand against the expansion of Heathrow airport last night.

Liberal Democrats demand independent investigation into Icelandic bank deposits

Tue 14th Oct 2008

It has emerged that Haringey Council was investing new money in Icelandic banks as recently as 29th September 2008, in news that have caused Liberal Democrat councillors to demand a independent inquiry into the fate of £37m of taxpayers' money.

Labour forced to support Liberal Democrat view on proposed £12m Civic Centre relocation

Mon 13th Oct 2008

Haringey's Labour Council has been forced to postpone its £12 million plan to move the borough's Civic Centre. On Friday last week the Council announced that due to the economic crisis enveloping the Council it would be postponing the move to Woodside House. Liberal Democrats have welcomed the decision but continue to call for the plan to be scrapped rather than just delayed.

Action taken on faulty window catches in Haringey council houses

Tue 7th Oct 2008

All council tenants in Haringey will now receive a letter to inform them of dangerous safety catches following calls for action by Liberal Democrats. Homes for Haringey are writing this week to 14,000 residents advising them to check their windows for faults.

Liberal Democrats demand answers after child's death in Tottenham

Tue 30th Sep 2008

Liberal Democrats have demanded answers after Homes for Haringey admitted that more windows may have faults similar to those found on the window where a child fell from a third floor of a Tottenham tower block.

Save Haringey's recycling banks

Wed 24th Sep 2008

Liberal Democrats demanded a halt to the scrapping of Haringey Borough's 75 recycling banks. The revelation that they are to be cut was unearthed this week in a cross-party Overview and Scrutiny review into the London Borough of Haringey's waste management and recycling services.

Liberal Democrats call for Labour resignation over Alexandra Palace investigation

Mon 22nd Sep 2008

Haringey's Liberal Democrats are calling for the resignation of Labour's finance boss and former Council leader Cllr Charles Adje following the publication of a damning report into how, as Alexandra Palace Chair, he pushed through the controversial licence for Firoka to operate in the building. The Liberal Democrats say the revelations in the report show he can't be trusted to run the boroughs finances.

David Launches Campaign Against Third Runway at Heathrow

Wed 17th Sep 2008

David Schmitz, the Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Tottenham, has launched a petition against the proposed third runway at Heathrow Airport,

Forty per cent of cancelled parking fines due to Haringey Council error

Tue 2nd Sep 2008

Nearly 1,500 Haringey residents had their parking tickets cancelled last year after appeals found Haringey Council road signs, markings and traffic management orders were at fault, it has been revealed.

Investigation exposes CCTV cars £½ million budget bonus

Tue 2nd Sep 2008

Questions have emerged over the fairness of Haringey Council's CCTV smart cars after an investigation carried out by the Liberal Democrats revealed that nearly one in eight of the 21,159 parking tickets issued last year were cancelled.

Alcohol strategy delayed further as alcohol admissions soar

Fri 29th Aug 2008

Haringey Council is failing to protect residents from the effects of alcohol misuse it has been revealed by the Liberal Democrats. Despite annual alcohol-related admissions to local hospitals doubling in five years, Haringey Council's forward plan shows that a decision to examine the Council's Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy, which expired in April 2008, has been further delayed to 18 November 2008. This leaves Haringey Council without an up-to-date approach to tackling the effects of alcohol misuse.

Labour steamroller through plans to spend £12m on a new Council chamber

Wed 20th Aug 2008

Labour members of Haringey Council's 'watchdog' committee have voted to ignore residents' views and rejected wider democratic discussion on controversial plans to spend £12 million on a new Haringey Civic Centre.

Liberal Democrats condemn Boris Johnson over small shops

Mon 18th Aug 2008

Haringey Liberal Democrats have given the London Mayor's plans for small shops a big thumbs down, describing his new policy as potentially damaging to the future of the borough's shopping parades.

Haringey's green letdown

Fri 15th Aug 2008

Commenting on Haringey Council's announcement this week of a target to reduce the borough's carbon dioxide emissions by 11% by 2011, Cllr Ed Butcher, Haringey Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson said:

Lib Dems force further consultation on future of Parks Constabulary

Tue 12th Aug 2008

Pressure from Haringey Liberal Democrats has forced Haringey Council into belatedly extending the consultation period into the future of the borough's Parks Constabulary.

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