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LIB DEMS IN GOVERNMENT MAKING SURE EVERY YOUNG PERSON HAS A FAIR CHANCE THE LIB DEMS IN GOVERNMENT ARE TAKING REAL ACTION TO TACKLE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT.  EVERY YOUNG PERSON WHO WANTS IT WI...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/11/getting-young-people-into-work.html

Soaring world energy prices and the failures of successive UK governments mean that many people across Britain are facing a tough winter. That’s why we need Liberal Democrat activists across B...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/11/save-money-stay-warm-go-green.html

JOHN PUGH  (Southport, Liberal Democrat) I begin by congratulating, on behalf of, I think, all of us here today, Steve Rotheram . None of us can hope to match his eloquence, passion, persist...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/10/john-pughs-speech-on-hillsborough.html

Today the Government released the final Pupil Premium figures for every English local authority, constituency and school. Every school this year will receive an extra £488 for each child on fre...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/10/33-million-extra-for-schools-in-sefton.html

Deputy Prime Minister addresses the Party Conference in Birmingham. You can read the full text of the speech here.

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/09/nick-cleggs-speech-to-liberal-democrat.html

Your local team are now on Twitter: @MANORLIBDEMS . Providing news and views from Crosby, Thornton and Hightown in Sefton. Don't forget, all the contact details are listed on the right hand si...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/09/manor-lib-dem-team-now-on-twitter.html

"When will Sefton Conservatives stop hemorrhaging councillors?" asks colleague Tony Robertson. This time well respected Harrington Ward (Formby) Cllr. Gill Cuthbertson has resigned the Tory Whip...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/08/hms-sefton-tories-another-one-jumps.html

There is a vast amount of confusion surrounding the changes to student tuition fees from 2012. There will have been a large number of Sefton students who collected their AS Level results last ...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/08/martin-lewis-speaking-about-changes-to.html

Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes has led a review of access to higher education. He spent six months traveling around the country to speak with thousands of young people about the changes to university fi...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/08/higher-education-access.html

COUNCILLOR JOHN GIBSON WELCOMES SAVING THE CHEQUE AS A VICTORY FOR COMMON SENSE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT COUNCILLOR FOR CROSBY, THORNTON AND HIGHTOWN, JOHN GIBSON, has welcomed the news this week that...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/07/councillor-john-gibson-welcomes-saving.html

It is no secret that your local Lib Dem FOCUS team have coined the Labour Party in our area as "Bootle Labour". It went out on many of our FOCUS leaflets across the Ward. Indeed, this was the vie...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/local-residents-do-not-want-local.html

A CRIME-busting vehicle has been out on the streets of Crosby warning people about thieves. The crime prevention car has been used by Crosby Neighbourhood Police to teach people not to leave valu...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/crime-busting-car-in-crosby-and.html

SEFTON COUNCIL CHIEF TELLS PEOPLE TO PICK UP THEIR LITTER WHEN THEY VISIT CROSBY BEACH SEFTON’S council chief is calling on everyone to keep Crosby beach clean. Tonnes of rubbish are left beh...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/keep-our-beach-tidy.html

May I belatedly thank all those electors of Sefton MBC Manor Ward (Crosby, Thornton and Hightown) who voted Liberal Democrat in this year's election. Unfortunately the result was not the one t...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/thank-you-and-what-next.html

A question over whether or not Postal Votes can be taken to Polling Stations on Thursday was raised with me recently on the door-step. The answer is simple: Yes.  Postal Votes can be submitte...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/04/postal-voting-in-seftons-local.html

A group of environmentalists and campaigners passionate about a sustainable future have come together to support Yes to Fairer Votes. They have written this letter outlining why they believe t...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/04/go-green-on-may-5th-vote-yes.html

Recently reported by The Formby Times , the on going saga surrounding the increasing number of visitors loosing their way to Another Place - the site of Crosby's Iron Men - has now hopefully b...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/04/crosbys-iron-men-this-way.html

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/04/brakes-put-on-nhs-health-reforms.html

News has appeared that could see the Chequebook service retained. The pressure that has been put on the Government in recent months, including the significant contribution that has come from Seft...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/04/save-our-cheque-victory.html

Nick Griffin and the BNP are campaigning for a No vote in the coming referendum because they know the Alternative Vote will hurt them. Billy Bragg and Simon Woolley, head of Operation Black Vote,...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/04/were-saying-no-to-bnp-and-yes-on-5th.html

Yes to Fairer Votes have just launched the final leg of their campaign, before the country goes to the vote on electoral reform on 5 May. The country deserves a voting system that makes MPs acco...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/04/yes-to-fairer-votes.html

How I missed this I am not sure... Possibly the Lib Dems' favourite YouTube clip?

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/04/andrew-lansley-rap-posted-better-late.html

April sees the delivery of two of the key pledges made by the Liberal Democrats in our General Election manifesto. The personal income tax allowance is being raised by £1,000, which will particu...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/04/opinion-james-ludley.html

After being agreed by the Area Committee, the damaged and tired looking Sefton Drive street sign has been properly repaired now ! The Before photograph can be found here. Any Manor residents...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/03/lib-dem-action-down-sefton-drive.html

Both Birkdale LibDems and Victoria LibDems are active Bloggers. So much so, that they started the ball rolling with the story about Labour's Leader of Liverpool City Council, Joe Anderson’s,�...

http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/03/stark-contract-between-labour-party.html