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A drop in the number of people claiming jobseekers allowance in Kingston is another welcome boost to the local economy, Cllr Liz Green said today. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported the UK has seen the largest annual fall in the number of people claiming Jobseekers Allowance in more than 15 years. In […]

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  The announcement that the Income Tax Personal Allowance will rise to £10,000, confirmed in the Budget, means the Liberal Democrats’ top priority at the 2010 General Election has been delivered in full by the Coalition Government. It means: A £700 tax cut for 24.5m working people across the UK since the Liberal Democrats came […]

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Who lives in St Mark’s Ward?

by admin on 24 February, 2013

The ward level census data has been released and throws up some interesting statistics! The population of St Marks has increased from 9,644 in 2001 to 10,483 inn 2011 – an increase of 8.7% over the 10 years. Whilst Christianity is the largest religious group, there are a greater percentage of St Mark’s Ward residents […]

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The Autumn Federal Liberal Democrat’s Conference for 2012 was back in Brighton.  St Mark’s Councillor, Liz Green, attended from Saturday 22nd September until Wednesday 26th September. Here are some of her highlights. Whilst the conference itself is televised so many residents will know about this aspect, there is much more to attending a conference than just […]

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Liberal Democrat achievements in Government

by admin on 18 March, 2012

What have the Liberal Democrats achieved in Government? See http://stmarksward.mycouncillororg..uk/liberal-democrats/

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Kingston Council will be receiving £5.3m of the extra schools capital funding that was announced by central Government.  This extra £500m is for growth needed in schools’ capacity due to increases in population.  In Kingston we have seen increases of 30% in our birth rate.  We put in 8.5 extra forms of entry (240 more children) in […]

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Claremont Gardens is amongst the nine outdoor recreational spaces within Kingston that have been put forward for a public vote to become part of a prestigious nationwide scheme to mark two 2012 landmark events. The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge is an officially endorsed legacy initiative to mark two landmark events scheduled to take place […]

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Beware of dodgy doorstep traders

by admin on 19 August, 2011

Kingston Council’s Trading Standards team are supporting an Office of Fair Trading campaign to clamp down on rogue traders this summer. Figures recently released by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) show that home improvements continue to top the list of complaints about doorstep rogue traders, in particular uninvited traders offering roofing, tarmacing, insulation and […]

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Community grants available

by admin on 4 August, 2011

Nat West are offering three community projects in each of their local markets the chance to win awards of £6,000 each through their CommunityForce project.  And it will not be them that decide the winners, but local people, who know the projects and what will benefit our area most. If you are a local charity, organisation or […]

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More apprenticeships

by admin on 21 July, 2011

One of the successes of the coalition over the last year has been to oversee a massive increase in the number of apprenticeships.  In the first year of the coalition 103,000 extra apprenticeships have been created – twice the number originally planned.  This shows the determination of the coalition to turn round the economy and […]

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