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Mark Pack

Police investigate Labour in Leeds over fake poll card allegations

By Mark Pack | Wed 2nd May 2012 - 10:04 pm

The Leeds Labour Party is being investigated by the police for over claims it has broken the law against issuing imitation poll cards. Parties and candidates are not allowed to issue leaflets which look like official poll cards, but this is what Labour has been distributing in the Otley and Yeadon ward:

After the legality of the leaflets was raised with them, the Labour Party has said they stopped delivering the leaflets.

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Stephen Tall

The cost of pavement politics

By Stephen Tall | Tue 25th August 2009 - 5:40 pm

What’s cost the taxpayer £82m over the last five years? Answer: compensation claims against county councils and unitary authorities by members of the public who have tripped on pavements. The figures from 90 local authorities were obtained by the Lib Dems under Freedom of Information requests; there are still 10,000 claims unsettled.

Here’s what the Lib Dems’ shadow transport secretary Norman Baker had to say:

With council and household budgets under more pressure than ever, the last thing the local taxpayer needs is to be paying massive compensation claims for injuries caused by dangerous pavements. This is money that could have been spent on improving pavements and preventing these problems in the first place.

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Mark Pack

Leeds councillor rejoins the party

By Mark Pack | Sat 4th April 2009 - 9:10 am

From Headingley Today:

A councillor elected as a Liberal Democrat, who defected to Labour and then sat as an Independent has rejoined the Lib Dems. Councillor Kabeer Hussain who represents Hyde Park and Woodhouse, has been welcomed back by the Liberal Democrats.

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