http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Jeremy Hilton en-GB Jeremy Hilton http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Jeremy Hilton 2010-03-11T10:32+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000045/liberal_democrat_membership_boom.html Liberal Democrat councillor Sebastian Field recently took on the important role of Membership Development Officer for the Liberal Democrats in the Gloucester Constituency. 2010-02-25T10:20+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000044/change_the_council.html This year will see two important elections, the first being the General Election and the second, elections to Gloucester City Council. 2010-02-16T08:00+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000043/jeremy_hilton__low_paid_shouldnt_pay_any_tax.html Liberal Democrat candidate for Gloucester, Jeremy Hilton, today welcomed the party's new plans to bring in a fairer tax system. 2010-02-14T13:58+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000042/liberal_democrats_announce_education_funding_commitment_for_gloucester.html The Liberal Democrats have announced a major funding commitment to boost education in Gloucester. 2010-02-07T21:48+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000041/1300_innocent_people_on_gloucestershire_police_dna_database_since_eu_court_ruling.html Liberal Democrats have discovered that 1,300 innocent people from Gloucestershire have had their DNA records added to the police DNA database since December 2008, when the European Court of Human Rights said the practice was illegal. 2010-01-21T16:10+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000040/gloucestershire_doctors_receive_230000_per_year_in_ash_cash_payments.html Doctors working for Gloucestershire Hospitals earn almost £230,000 a year in so called 'ash cash' payments made by grieving families, figures released today by the Liberal Democrats have revealed. The payments are made to doctors to sign a form releasing a body for cremation. 2010-01-19T12:00+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000037/tory_cabinet_members_refuse_questions.html Tory cabinet members at the county council have blocked plans to allow people who live and work in Gloucestershire to ask questions about their decisions. 2010-01-15T00:00+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000036/liberal_democrats_propose_ground_rules_for_academy_school_in_gloucester.html Liberal Democrat councillors have proposed to set the ground rules on the county council's plan for an Academy. The full council meeting on 20th January at Shire Hall will consider a motion submitted detailing how the cabinet should proceed. 2010-01-14T08:00+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000039/jeremy_hilton_outlines_four_key_principles_for_the_general_election.html The Liberal Democrats have announced they will fight the General Election on four key principles, designed to make Britain a fairer place. 2010-01-13T11:27+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000035/jeremy_hiltons_statement_to_select_committee_on_triservice_centre.html The House of Commons Communities and Local Government Select Committee is to hold a short inquiry (early February 2010) into the government project to establish regional fire control centres. 2010-01-08T19:55+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000034/tory_run_gloucester_city_council_is_underperforming_says_audit_commission.html Gloucester City Council led by the Tories is underperforming when compared to Liberal Democrat run Cheltenham Borough Council. 2010-01-02T09:07+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000033/council_workers_lose_right_of_appeal.html Hundreds of staff facing redundancy at Gloucestershire County Council have lost their right to appeal against redundancy and unfair dismissal to a committee of councillors . 2009-11-30T13:42+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000032/no_to_slash__burn.html Gloucester's Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, Jeremy Hilton, has condemned the Tories for their slash and burn approach of county council services. 2009-11-21T06:45+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000031/campaign_against_toxic_waste_incineration_gets_backing_from_baroness.html Party president Baroness Ros Scott came to Gloucester on Saturday to support Liberal Democrat councillors who are campaigning against a massive waste incinerator in Gloucester. 2009-11-19T15:55+00:00 http://www.jeremyhilton.co.uk/news/000030/frustration_on_failure_to_improve_hospital_access.html Liberal Democrat councillors for Kingsholm and Wotton have expressed their frustration over the delays in the resurfacing of Hyde Lane, off London Road in Gloucester. 2009-11-17T08:00+00:00