http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Serena Tierney and Mid Sussex Liberal Democrats en-GB Serena Tierney and Mid Sussex Liberal Democrats http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Serena Tierney and Mid Sussex Liberal Democrats 2008-07-09T04:54+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000096/massive_vote_for_yes_in_haywards_heath_referendum.html * Massive Victory for Rethink of Town Centre Plans; * Council's Plans for Haywards Heath in Disarray after Massive show of discontent! 2008-06-20T01:26+01:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000095/lib_dems__referendum_is_wakeup_call_to_council_to_listen_to_local_people.html Haywards Heath is to have its own referendum on the town's future on Thursday 19th June. Local residents forced a town-wide referendum in response to the failure of the District Council to listen to calls for proper consultation. 2008-06-02T10:58+01:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000094/local_councillor_slams_new_parking_meters_in_letter_to_mid_sussex_times.html Burgess Hill Town Councillor Simon Hicks has sent the following letter to the Mid Sussex Times in regards the new parking meters installed by Mid Sussex District Council at Council parking areas in the district: 2008-06-02T10:54+01:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000093/tory_bus_cuts_stop_patient_visiting_on_sundays.html Commenting on the news that Metrobus is to cut its number 87 bus route that links the PRH, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton , Serena Tierney, Lib Dem parliamentary spokesman for Mid Sussex, said: 2008-04-29T10:30+01:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000092/come_clean__lib_dem_tells_post_office.html Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesman, Serena Tierney has today written (see attached letter: http://tinyurl.com/2y84c4) to the Post Office asking it to come clean over the reasons that it decided to close four local post offices. 2008-02-18T07:31+00:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000091/lib_dem__government_has_let_farmers_down_over_blue_tongue.html Following confirmation that 2 animals at a local farm have tested positive for blue tongue disease, Serena Tierney, Lib Dem parliamentary spokesman for Mid Sussex, said: 2008-02-08T18:45+00:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000090/local_communities_and_post_offices_betrayed.html Commenting on today's news that Mid Sussex is to lose all 4 of the sub-post offices under consideration in the latest round of closures, local Lib Dem campaigner Serena Tierney said: 2008-01-28T12:00+00:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000089/leading_lib_dem_calls_for_immediate_probe_into_council_finances.html Leading local Lib Dem, Serena Tierney has called for the MSDC Audit Committee to set up an urgent investigation into council finances after an audit report into last year's Big Culture Show revealed catastrophic failure of MSDC's financial management systems. 2008-01-21T19:39+00:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000088/dismay_at_another_county_council_tax_hike.html Lib Dems on West Sussex County Council are dismayed at yet another tax hike from the Conservative administration. 2008-01-20T12:43+00:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000087/the_fight_is_on_to_save_towns_local_post_offices__lib_dems.html Responding to the announcement of which local post offices could be closed, local Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesman, Serena Tierney says: "While it is good news that the government is not proposing to close our village post offices we cannot afford to lose our local post offices in the towns. We have to step up our fight to keep these crucial local services." 2007-11-13T07:58+00:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000086/queens_speech_a_missed_opportunity_for_mid_sussex__lib_dems.html "A disappointing string of announcements with no vision and little to offer local people in Mid Sussex." That's the verdict of Lib Dems as local residents digest the Government's plans for the next year. 2007-11-07T07:38+00:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000085/save_our_post_offices_petition_delivered_to_gordon_brown.html A petition with 2500 signatures of local people calling on the Prime Minister to reverse the policy of closing local post offices has been delivered to Gordon Brown. 2007-11-05T07:19+00:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000084/downing_street_hospital_petition_gets_1000_signatures_in_first_week.html Commenting on the success of the e-petition to save the Princess Royal Hospital on the Downing Street website, Serena Tierney said: 2007-10-08T21:45+01:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000083/no_10_website_gets_save_the_prh_petition.html An e-petition calling on Gordon Brown to intervene to save the PRH is now live on the No. 10 website. 2007-10-01T09:13+01:00 http://www.midsussex.libdems.org.uk/news/000082/first_mp_to_raise_bluetongue_demands_clear_government_strategy_to_deal_with_disease.html Lewes MP Norman Baker has today renewed his calls for a clear government strategy to deal with the threat of bluetongue after government vets confirmed the first UK case of the disease at a farm in Suffolk. 2007-09-24T21:38+01:00