http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from South West Surrey Liberal Democrats en-GB South West Surrey Liberal Democrats http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 South West Surrey Liberal Democrats 2010-09-07T09:16+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000229/lib_dems_see_rise_in_new_members_since_election_and_coalition_agreement.html Lib Dem party membership is up a remarkable 14% this year, according to official figures released by the party in England. 4,500 new members have joined the party since the election and the coalition agreement was reached, and the party is having greater success in retaining current members than in previous years. 2010-08-26T12:00+01:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000228/vince_cable_writes_personal_letter_to_urge_voters_to_back_mike_simpson_on_thursday.html Dear Elector 2010-05-04T20:59+01:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000227/mike_simpson_explains_what_motivates_him_to_stand_for_election_as_the_mp_for_south_west_surrey.html The last few years have been pretty awful for the reputation of politicians. The deceit over the Iraq war, the failure of our MPs to properly regulate the banking system and the scandal of MPs on the take - have all left many people angry and disinclined to even vote. 2010-04-17T08:48+01:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000226/nick_clegg_storms_first_ever_party_leaders_debate.html The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats. 2010-04-16T00:01+01:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000224/fairness__the_liberal_democrat_manifesto_launch.html Nick Clegg has launched the Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto. The manifesto sets out four clear priorities of fair taxes, a fair chance for every child, a fair economy, and a fair deal by cleaning up politics. 2010-04-14T10:24+01:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000220/mike_simpson_stands_up_for_badshot_lea.html Mike Simpson met with Badshot Lea Councillors recently looking around the village and the neighbouring green spaces in response to Waverley's allocation of new housing. Mike said: "I was shocked to read the Council's Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment which suggests that the village might accommodate another 950 homes. The village clearly could not cope with such growth and the level of developer's contributions would not be adequate to rectify major infrastructure problems in and around the village. In any case much of the land is unsuitable due to its frequent flooding." 2010-03-14T00:00+00:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000219/mike_simpson_supports_greening_godalming.html Mike visited Greening Godalming at Godalming Borough Hall at met with businesses and charities dedicated to helping individuals deal with their carbon emissions. 2010-03-07T00:00+00:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000218/mike_simpson_speaks_out_at_waverley_against_key_site.html Mike Simpson, Godalming's Liberal Democrat Prospective MP, spoke against the proposed Key Site development at the recent Waverley Council planning meeting. 2010-03-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000216/mike_simpson_helps_people_tackle_debt.html Mike Simpson discussed the debt problems faced by people in South West Surrey with Lorely Clark of Christians Against Poverty (CAP) who provide free debt counselling. Over 9,300 new debt problems are dealt with by the CAB each day. Mike said: "Our Liberal Democrat Priorities include fairer taxes, sustainable jobs and fair and clean politics. As part of this awareness I have been distributing details of debt helplines in my latest Focus newsletter. 2010-02-12T00:00+00:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000217/mike_simpson_believes_county_council_budget_damaging.html Mike Simpson is concerned regarding vital service cuts voted for by the Conservative administration at County Hall today 2010-02-10T11:00+00:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000215/mike_meets_haslemere_group_hope_for_justice.html Mike Simpson recently met with the Haslemere 'Hope for Justice' group to discuss action to address the scandal of human trafficking, as well as Fair Trade. Mike Simpson said "The more I learn about the tragedy of human trafficking the more I am shocked at the scale of it. I was inspired to meet the Hope for Justice group in Haslemere and see people of all generations working to raise awareness of the issue. The all party parliamentary group on human trafficking have contacted me and I will be doing all I can to support the campaigners based in Haslemere." 2010-02-09T00:00+00:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000214/mike_discusses_the_economy_and_banking_crises_with_vince_cable_in_milford.html Mike Simpson writes, "The newspapers are full of stories about the massive government debt, the banking crisis, student and household debt. There's a terrible personal cost and the next government could easily make it a lot worse. It does not have to be like this. Vince Cable and the Liberal Democrats have consistently got the analysis right over the economy. 2010-02-07T00:00+00:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000213/mike_campaigns_against_key_site_development_in_godalming.html Mike Simpson, Godalming's Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate submitted the following objection to Waverley: 2010-02-06T00:00+00:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000212/mike_simpson_tv_launched_with_godalming_key_site_residents.html Mike Simpson has launched his Youtube channel by asking Godalming residents to comment on the new Key Site Plans. Mike said "Instead of me commenting at length, I feel it is important to give the people of Godalming a say in local issues. That's why I have been interviewing and getting local reactions to these important plans" 2009-08-13T00:00+01:00 http://www.mikesimpson.org.uk/news/000211/government_capping_means_less_police_on_the_beat_mike_simpson.html Mike Simpson, The Liberal Democrats new Parliamentary candidate for South West Surrey believes that the government's decision to cap the Surrey Police Authority (SPA) will benefit no-one. If it goes ahead, the decision, which is subject to the approval of Parliament and which the Authority is proposing to challenge by means of a judicial review, will mean that the Authority will have to return £1.6m to council taxpayers but will incur further costs of £1.2m in so doing. 2009-05-20T10:00+01:00