Richard Davis | Liberal Democrat Campaigner

Local Businesses: The Lifeblood of our Communities

smaller firms are the lifeblood of a local community, but at the moment they are being sucked dry by the lack of funding. It doesn’t matter how great your entrepreneurial skills, or how innovative your ideas if you don’t have the funding to get it off the ground you will much less likely to succeed.

Average Person Cannot Afford the Average House in Merton and Wandsworth

I have attempted to highlight some potential solutions. But the main purpose of this article is to represent the fact that in Merton and Wandsworth the average person cannot afford the average house and this situation is only going to get worse and for those at the bottom end of the scale the current councils seem to be dead set against helping you.

Higher Education should be Like the NHS, Free at the Point of Use

A more concise version of this post is on LibDemVoice The problem is that HE is not freely available, and in its current state should not be. We need more…

Political Stories

0November 3, 2011
Unison: The Majority Spoke

Unison announced the ballot results for the strike against the governments pension plans and immediately social media was set alight with bile by people who seem to favour democracy when it…
0October 13, 2011
Council Plans to Close all Adventure Playgrounds in Wandsworth

Wandsworth Guardian has reported today how the Council are looking to close all three of their adventure playgrounds (York Gardens, Kimber Road Gardens and Battersea Park). Earlier this year the…
0October 13, 2011
Richard Davis, the Credible, Energetic, Genuine Choice for Merton and Wandsworth

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1October 5, 2011
Weir Road Recycling Centre Closure

At a time when Merton Council should be promoting recycling and sustainable living they are sending out completely the opposite message. Earlier this year Labour and Merton Park Resident Association…
0October 5, 2011
Traffic Pollution Harming Our Children

In a recent report Clean Air London (CAL) announced that 1148 London schools were less than 150m from major roads. This together with the latest scientific research which shows that…
0September 28, 2011
Twenty’s Plenty!

A campaign run by a number of Wandsworth community groups to support a speed limit of 20mph on residential and shopping streets has been underway for the last few months….

Editors' Picks

iPhone 4S Review: Apple have lost that magic feeling

Posted on November 3, 2011 | No Comments
I like Apple products, they look nice, they feel good, they do what I want them to do, when I want them to do it, they work! And as someone...
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Latest Campaigning News From Shaftesbury

Posted on September 22, 2011 | No Comments
The B&T Lib Dems have been out recently delivering news and views from around Shaftesbury. See the link below with the leaflet for more info. Shaftesbury Voice Summer 2011...
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Now is NOT the time to abolish 50p tax rate

Posted on September 7, 2011 | No Comments
A letter appeared in the FT today from a deficit* of economists which suggested that the 50p tax rate be dropped. Their reasoning, as was stated on this morning’s Radio4...
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Clapham Junction Oyster Card Users Overcharged by £540k in 2010

Posted on August 31, 2011 | No Comments
Caroline Pidgeon AM reports back that people are being overcharged on their Oyster Cards by more than £1 million every week with overcharging occurring at every tube and train station across the...
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Battersea Park Charges Turn Around

Posted on August 30, 2011 | No Comments
Battersea Park Charges Temporarily Scrapped, Remember to Have Your Say While You Can On Wednesday 29th June Wandsworth Council announced it would be looking into its proposed plans to charge...
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Affordable Housing in the Nine Elms Development

Posted on June 28, 2011 | No Comments
In the Nine Elms development there will be 15% target for affordable housing. This is much lower than the 40% target that Lambeth has set for all new developments. Wandsworth...
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