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WELCOME TO MERTON LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

Merton Liberal DemocratsMerton Liberal Democrats are the party organisation for the area covering the whole of Merton Council and the constituencies of Wimbledon and Mitcham & Morden.

We aim to create a fair and open society, where individual liberties and the rights of minorities are guaranteed. Government, bureaucracy and big business often takes control away from people. We will work to make sure that people have as much control over their own lives as possible.

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Vince Cable MP calls for lasting tax cuts in Merton

Price rises since 2007: from left, Vince Cable MP, Shas Sheehan & Anthony FaircloughAt a packed meeting in the All Saints Day Centre in South Wimbledon, Dr Vince Cable MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, called for income tax cuts to help struggling families cope with recession.

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Call for public meeting over Raynes Park industrial estate plans

Shas Sheehan investigating the Rainbow industrial estate, proposed site for a new anaerobic digestion plantThere have been calls for a public meeting following plans to process waste and generate renewable energy on the industrial estate next to Raynes Park Station.

Developers want to build a facility that will use a process known as anaerobic digestion.

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"Eco Park" opposition grows

Number of residents protesting outside Eco Park exhibition, including Shas Sheehan.Residents gathered in force outside the Worple Road Methodist Church on 28 March to demonstrate against the waste processing and energy generating plant proposed at the Rainbow Industrial Estate in Raynes Park.

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Is plastic still fantastic?
Lib Dem campaigners support making our shopping areas plastic bag freeWe get through over one billion plastic bags every month.

Once discarded, the bags become a hazard to wildlife, and they do not biodegrade even after hundreds of years in landfill sites.

You may have read about schemes being set up locally to reduce the number of plastic bags in use. Households in Wimbledon Park have been given a cotton bag by a local charity and many shops no longer hand out free polythene bags.

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