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News 2009: December - October

Dec 28 Twickenham Riverside Home Page

Dec 28 New Year Message from Council Leader, Serge Lourie

Dec 28 Restaurant fined over food hygiene offences

Dec 28 Awards success for Terrace Gardens

Dec 28 Foster carers needed

Dec 28 Cabinet decision confirms HCC and Whitton School as academies

Dec 28 Unannounced inspection praises child safety measures

Dec 28 New Hampton Hill library to open in February

Dec 28 Home Office honours Council drug awareness team

Dec 28 Richmond upon Thames - one of the sportiest boroughs in England

Dec 28 More cyclists on the roads

Dec 21 Harvey and Hunter quiz Ainsworth on the Haddon-Cave report

Dec 21 Cable and Hughes quiz Harman at PMQs

Dec 21 Harvey, Campbell, Laws and Hancock quiz Ainsworth on the Future Defence Programme

Dec 21 Cable quizzes Byrne on the taxation of bank bonuses

Dec 21 Cable on science funding

Dec 21 Kramer quizzes Pearson on high frequency share trading

Dec 21 Kramer quizzes Benn on the Flood and Water Management Bill

Dec 21 Carmichael and Huhne quiz Hillier on the Detention of Children (UK Border Agency)

Dec 21 Clegg, Smith and Russell quiz Brown on Afghanistan and Climate Change

Dec 15 Cable: 'Slay sacred cows and be candid with the market'

Dec 13 Kramer quizzes Lewis on Sri Lanka

Dec 13 Clegg, Leach and Beith quiz Brown at PMQs

Dec 13 Cable, Goldsworthy and Younger-Ross quiz Darling on the Pre-Budget Report

Dec 13 Susan Kramer presents petition

Dec 13 Zac Goldsmith accused of avoiding £ millions in tax as non-dom

Dec 12 Davey on Afghanistan

Dec 12 Cable quizzes Byrne on "Putting the Frontline First: smarter government"

Dec 12 Kramer quizzes Ward on Richmond Park

Dec 12 Hughes on the Energy Bill

Dec 11 Local government funding: the borough council's letter to John Denham, Secretary of State for Communities

Dec 11 Twickenham embankment officially opened

Dec 11 Support for executives during the recession

Dec 11 Making journeys to school safer

Dec 11 £1.8 m provided but many are still missing out on unclaimed benefit

Dec 11 Over 60? Time to renew your Freedom Pass

Dec 10 Why the Conservatives hope the electorate will forget their past record on Council Tax

Dec 10 Why the Conservatives hope the electorate will forget their past record on Council Tax

Dec 10 Time for formula change - as Richmond upon Thames gets another poor deal

Dec 10 Council joins Facebook and Twitter

Dec 10 First ever CAA confirms Richmond upon Thames is 'performing well' in all key areas

Dec 10 Airports rethink must follow climate report

Dec 10 Airports rethink must follow climate report

Dec 9 Youth Parliament nominees announced

Dec 9 Tories support gas guzzlers

Dec 9 No room for criminals this Christmas

Dec 9 Take your keys to bed

Dec 9 No presents for thieves this Christmas

Dec 8 Social care excellence recognised in annual performance report

Dec 8 Award nomination for helping more people to live independently

Dec 8 Step forward for Shene Academy plans

Dec 8 Council acts to meet demand for primary school places

Dec 8 Borough primary schools are best in the country

Dec 8 • Primary school funding drop in the water - Richmond Council

Dec 8 Tories support gas guzzlers

Dec 8 Apply for RichmondCards online

Dec 8 Kramer Condemns 'Record Month' For Sewage Outflows Into The Thames

Dec 8 Banks need to help clear up their mess

Dec 5 Recycle electrical goods this Christmas

Dec 5 More businesses save money by going green

Dec 5 Davey on Europe

Dec 5 Huhne, Campbell and Carmichael quiz Johnson on Gary McKinnon

Dec 5 Davey and Campbell quiz Miliband on Afghanistan

Dec 5 Davey and Campbell quiz Miliband on Afghanistan

Dec 4 Kramer quizzes Coaker on Primary School Funding

Dec 4 Cable on the Financial Services Bill

Dec 4 Kramer quizzes Jowell on No-fly Zones

Dec 4 Hughes quizzes Coaker on Head teachers

Dec 4 Clegg, Russell and Keetch quiz Brown on Afghanistan

Dec 4 Liberal Democrat Tax Plans

Dec 4 Conservative Councillors Fail To Declare Party Donation In Casino Vote

Dec 4 Cable: Radical tax overhaul needed

Dec 4 Zac Goldsmith did not tell his local party about non-dom status, chairman says

Dec 4 Clegg and Bruce quiz Brown at PMQs

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Nov 29 Cable, Burt, Reid and Goldsworthy on the Banking Bill

Nov 29 Huhne on the Crime and Security Bill

Nov 29 Zac Goldsmith admits he is a non-dom

Davey and Campbell on foreign affairs

Nov 27 Cable on Cowboy Builders

Nov 26 The Copenhagen Climate Conference: Liberal Democrat Policy Statement

Nov 26 Cable, Smith and Pugh quiz Darling about the bank loans

Nov 26 Clegg, Reid, Rowen and Harris quiz Brown at PMQ

Nov 25 The Liberal Democrats launch a Social Network: Act

Nov 25 Cable: Why we need an Infrastructure Bank

Nov 23 'We look like the banana republic of Westminster'

Nov 22 "I Was Conned By 'Save Our Riverside' Campaign" Says Its Facebook Group Founder

Nov 22 Twickenham benefits cheat sentenced

Silver surfers

Nov 22 Your business idea could win a prize

Nov 22 Royal Park to represent borough as Olympic logo

Nov 22 St Margaret's is back in business

Nov 22 Green Apple Award for Council's environment commitment

Nov 22 Lib Dems Welcome Big Cut In Local Car Crime

Nov 21 In Conversation with Vince Cable

Nov 20 RichmondCards free until 2010

Nov 20 Boris backs Richmond's CO2 parking initiative

Nov 20 Road safety: public meeting November 24

Kingfisher bridge will be boost for cyclists

Nov 20 Why We Need A Levy on Banking Profits

Nov 20 Home-based business to get a boost

Nov 20 Volunteers needed to help tackle youth crime

Nov 20 Lourie Slams Funding Cut For Freedom Passes

Nov 20 Susan Kramer Slams Back Door Plans To Sneak Through Increase In Night Flights

Clegg, Kennedy & Hemming on the Queen's Speech

Nov 18 The Lib Dem response to the Queen's Speech

Nov 17 Council joins premier league

Nov 17 Conservatives Challenged On Council Tax

Nov 16 Why Are The Tories Playing Politics With Our Children's Education?

Nov 13 Clegg and Willis quiz Brown at PMQ

Nov 12 Supporting Traders This Christmas

Nov 12 Recycling rate climbs to 43 %: now let's go for 50 %!

Nov 12 Lib Dems Welcome Big Cut In Local Car Crime

Nov 11 The Twickenham Riverside Facebook Group . .

Free Radical: A Memoir by Vincent Cable

Nov 8 Richmond Town Centre: Improvements between The Quadrant and Church Road (including the railway station)

Nov 8 A Statement by Vince Cable on Twickenham Riverside

Nov 7 Helping you to find work

Nov 7 Kramer Calls On Government To Reverse Cuts to Funding for Concessionary Fares

Nov 7 Have your say on playbuilder designs

Nov 6 Hughes on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference

Nov 6 Cable quizzes Darling on Northern Rock

Nov 5 Kramer Welcomes Airtrack Delay

Nov 5 Heath and Barrett quiz Harman on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

Clegg , Brake, Beith, Russell and Rennie quiz the PM

Nov 3 Huhne, Harris and Willis quiz Johnson on Drugs Policy

Nov 3 Clegg and Rowen quiz Brown on the European Council

Nov 2 Prof Willem Buiter on Vince's mansion tax and other things

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Oct 30 Improve your health at York House

Oct 30 Financial help for keeping warm this winter

Oct 30 Heathrow's Airtrack train plan criticised

Oct 30 Disappointment over Boris' public transport costs rise

Oct 30 Spreading the safety message

Oct 30 Executive seminars hailed a success - more next year

Council provides funds to help small businesses

Oct 30 Ham and Petersham win £100,000 for low carbon zone

Oct 30 Europe helps borough go green with £1m funding

Oct 30 Net closing on Council Tax cheats

Oct 30 Have your say on Academies

Oct 30 MP Takes The Fight Against Richmond Park Car Parking Charges To Government

Oct 30 Mayor Must Come Clean On Outer London Transport Cuts - Kramer

Oct 30 Transport For London Agree To Investigate New Option For Shene School Buses

Oct 30 Borough has lowest level of alcohol fuelled crimes in London

Oct 30 'We rage at bankers, and the state-backed casino rolls on . . '

Harvey and Younger-Ross quiz Ainsworth on Nimrod crash

Oct 28 Clegg and Williams quiz Brown at PMQ

Oct 24 Cable, Kramer, Barrett, Rogerson and Burt on Equitable Life

Oct 24 Hughes, Bruce, Stunell, Farron, Heath and Horwood on Climate Change (Political Response)

Oct 24 Kramer quizzes Mole re Waterloo [again]

Oct 24 Howarth and Beith on the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill

Oct 24 Davey on UK Relations with Russia

Oct 23 Giving the lie to Tory and RUG lies about the Riverside

Oct 22 Clegg, Rowen and Moore quiz the PM

Oct 21 Statement by Cllr Serge Lourie, Leader, at the meeting of the Council on 20 Oct

Cllr Tony Arbour, former Tory leader, suspended from Council for 28 days

Oct 19 Commons motion urges public services to cut CO2 emissions

Oct 19 'Don't Short Change Our Troops: Fair Pay for Our Armed Forces'

Oct 18 Hughes quizzes Bell on waste gas at Westminster

Oct 17 How you can help the Lib Dems in Glasgow North East

Oct 17 Spending cuts: The Lib Dem approach

Oct 15 Clegg, Campbell, Russell and Bruce quiz Brown on Afghanistan

Oct 15 Clegg, Hunter and Williams quiz Brown

Oct 14 Heathrow victory for 2M Group

Oct 14 Kramer Gets Government Assurance That Funding For Shene Academy Is Secure

MP Welcomes EU Action On Thames Sewage Spills

Oct 14 Scaling new heights in Hampton

Oct 14 Cable and Russell quiz Byrne on asset sales

Oct 14 Davey quizzes Miliband

Oct 12 The Vincenator

Oct 10 Lourie writes to RUG

Oct 8 Free flood warnings for residents at risk in Teddington & Twickenham

Oct 8 Shop local…with a new environmentally friendly shopping bag

Oct 7 1,000 people control their social care budgets

Oct 7 £2.85 million for new homes

Richmond Council confirms sponsor for Shene academy

Oct 7 Principal designate appointed for proposed Twickenham Academy

Oct 7 2M fears local people may lose out to Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC)

Oct 7 Benefits fraudster sentenced to community punishment

Oct 7 Lies, damned lies and the so-called 'save our riverside' campaign

Oct 7 The history of the Twickenham Riverside site

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