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South East councils missing energy targets

Shepway's Euro MP, Sharon Bowles, has discovered that local councils across the South East, including Shepway, are struggling to bring about energy efficiency improvements in line with government targets.

2 Sep 2005
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UK prisons are a shambles

Mark Oaten, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, has told Radio 4's Today programme that Britain's prison system is a shambles with suicides, widespread drug-taking and half of inmates re-offending on release; and that the problems of prisons had to be addressed if Britain was to get crime under control.

2 Sep 2005
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Accident and Emergency Unit at the Princess Royal - Tory betrayal !!

Serena Tierney has campaigned ever since it was first suggested that this unit might be closed or downgraded. Lib Dems believe that Mid Sussex needs a fully functional A & E unit at the PRH, not a low-grade injuries only unit. To be fair, before the election, the Tories were saying the same. Yet look at what they are saying now: "Why I agree PRH surgery switch was the right move". What sort of behaviour is this? One thing before the election, and then change of heart immediately after, when the electorate cannot sling him out. This is just the sort of behaviour that gets all politicians a bad name - and we deplore it. If he had any moral courage, he would resign for such a basic change of heart on an issue that was central to the election in Mid Sussex.

1 Sep 2005
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No Points for local NHS Trust

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust failed to secure any points in the recent table published about hospitals - a really worrying situation for those of us who rely on their services. There is clearly a huge amount to be done in terms of both service provision and service improvement - we say that downgrading the A&E dept at the Princess Royal is not a good way to start.

1 Sep 2005
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