http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Enfield Liberal Democrats en-GB Enfield Liberal Democrats http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Enfield Liberal Democrats 2010-03-11T07:01+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000407/meps_slash_red_tape_for_9_out_of_10_london_firms.html The European Parliament has voted in favour of exempting struggling small businesses from producing onerous annual accounts. The amendment to EU company law would vastly reduce red tape for the smallest firms, which are 90% of the total number of businesses in the capital. 2010-03-10T16:00+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000406/olympic_legacy_promises_must_start_with_the_olympic_stadium.html Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Olympics Spokesperson, commenting on the replies she received today from her questions to Baroness Ford (Chair of the Olympic Park Legacy Company) about the future of the Olympic stadium said: 2010-03-10T12:42+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000405/new_approach_to_tube_upgrades_now_needed_following_ppp_ruling__caroline_pidgeon.html Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Transport Spokesperson, commenting on the final ruling on the cost of the second phase of Tube Lines contract upgrading the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines said: 2010-03-10T08:04+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000404/european_court_endorsement_of_local_cypriot_property_solution_welcome.html Reacting to the European Court of Human Rights' ruling that the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) in North Cyprus is a valid forum for settlement of property claims from Greek Cypriot 1974 refugees, Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford said: 2010-03-08T13:00+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000403/us_congress_panel_armenian_genocide_vote_wrong.html London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford, the party's European justice & human rights spokeswoman and vice-chair of the European Parliament delegation to the United States, has strongly criticised the vote by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives to label the treatment of Armenians in 1915 as 'genocide'. She said: 2010-03-08T10:00+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000400/mayors_contradictory_statements_over_thames_estuary_airport_cannot_be_explained_away__caroline_pidgeon.html Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Transport Spokesperson, commenting on the Mayor's statement on BBC's Question Time that he has no plans to build an airport in the Thames Estuary: 2010-03-05T12:00+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000402/kurdish_mps_arrest_in_belgium_unwelcome.html Reacting to the news that two Kurdish former MPs from Turkey, Remzi Kartal and Zubeyir Aydar, have been detained among a group of 30 people arrested in Belgium, Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford said: 2010-03-05T10:00+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000401/open_letter_to_home_secretary_alan_johnson_mp_control_orders.html This open letter to Home Secretary Alan Johnson MP urging him not to renew the control order provisions of the Prevetion of Terrorism Act 2005 was sent by the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC). 2010-03-02T15:00+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000399/the_final_nail_in_the_coffin_of_boris_johnsons_airport_proposals__caroline_pidgeon.html Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Transport Spokesperson, commenting on the opposition from the world's leading airlines to Boris Johnson's plans for a Thames Estuary Airport said: 2010-03-01T14:35+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000398/innocent_people_deserve_better_treatment_from_met_over_dna_database__dee_doocey.html Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly policing spokesperson and member of the MPA, has today called for the Met to address its poor record of meeting requests by innocent people for the deletion of their DNA records held on a national database. 2010-02-25T14:38+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000396/the_chinese_year_of_the_tiger_what_can_the_eu_do_to_save_the_tiger.html The tiger - the world's most potent symbol of biodiversity - is in crisis. Only around 3,000 remain in the wild and these last remaining populations are in serious danger from habitat loss and poaching. 2010-02-22T17:00+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000394/enfield_ppcs_selected.html Enfield Liberal Democrats has elected its three prospective parliamentary candidates (PPC) for the forthcoming General Election. They are Iarla Kilbane-Dawe in Edmonton, Paul D.Smith in Enfield north and Johar Khan in Enfield Southgate. 2010-02-19T16:15+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000395/letter_to_the_independent_can_pauline_hanson_ever_fit_in_here.html You report (16 February) that Pauline Hanson, a rabble-rousing anti-immigrant former politician, has decided to grace us with her presence by moving from Australia to England. 2010-02-19T12:00+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000392/dee_doocey_urges_mayor_to_get_tough_on_size_zero_models_at_london_fashion_week.html Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat Culture Spokesperson on the London Assembly, has urged Mayor Boris Johnson to end public funding for London Fashion Week while it continues to use excessively thin models. She has now written to the Mayor, following numerous questions and representations she has made on the issue. 2010-02-18T14:10+00:00 http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/news/000391/a_white_elephant_is_no_sporting_legacy__dee_doocey_slams_tessa_jowells_opposition_to_change_of_use_of_olympic_stadium.html Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Olympics spokesperson, responding to Tessa Jowell's statement that the Olympic Stadium must remain an athletics stadium after the Olympics said: 2010-02-17T17:05+00:00