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The Liberal Democrats exist to fight conformity, protect freedom and champion diversity. As the London Assembly Liberal Democrat Group, we seek to bring those views to London and to hold the mayor to account and ensure the assembly works on behalf of Londoners.
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Fri 10th Oct 2008
The Liberal Democrat group at the London Assembly has demanded Mayor Boris Johnson scraps the western extension of the Congestion Charge zone.
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Thu 9th Oct 2008
Commenting on the announcement that Transport for London had around £40 million invested in the failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Caroline Pidgeon AM, the Liberal Democrat's transport spokesperson at the London Assembly, says: "It's up to the government to step in to ensure London's travelling public doesn't have to pick up the bill.
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Thu 9th Oct 2008
Commenting on the news that Connect, London Underground's £2 billion digital radio system, has had over 100 faults reported in the last two months causing at least three major closures, Caroline Pidgeon AM, the Liberal Democrat's transport spokesperson at the London Assembly, says: "Whilst teething problems may be expected on new systems like this TfL and Mayor Johnson must do all they can to ensure public safety.
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Wed 8th Oct 2008
Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson at the London Assembly, today presented the Mayor with a petition calling for Piccadilly Line tube trains to stop at Turnham Green station throughout the day, and not just at peak times.
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Fri 3rd Oct 2008
The Liberal Democrat group at the London Assembly have always opposed the Western extension of the original Central Zone of the Congestion Charging Scheme, and the Liberal Democrat manifesto in the 2008 Mayoral and Assembly elections re-affirmed our opposition. We therefore wish to remove the Western extension.
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Thu 2nd Oct 2008
Commenting on the resignation of Sir Ian Blair, Dee Doocey AM the Liberal Democrat London Assembly spokesperson on policing and a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority said:
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"It sounds to me like I should vote for Vince Cable. Vince Cable was against demutualising the building societies back in the 1990s when your government was doing that. Vince Cable was sending me as an economics editor emails every three weeks, about the levels of debt through the last five years and he has been instrumental in saying that the taxpayer needs to be protected nationalising the banks and in having the upside risks as well as the downside ones are the way to go. "
Evan Davis
Today Programme, Radio 4 - 29 September
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