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Conservatives abolish grants for 8,000 students at Coventry University
In last week's budget the government announced that maintenance grants for poorer students would be replaced by loans from 2016/17.
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Welfare cuts to hit six thousand Rugby residents
The Conservative government have announced a range of cuts to working age benefits that will affect local residents.
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Decisions made by Rugby Borough Council on 21 July 2015
The conservatives killed off Neil Sandison's Rugby Green Rangers plan. We have not heard the last of this - see http://rugby.lib.dm/a7Z73 .
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RUGBY GREEN PARTY GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE DEFECTS TO THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
Former Rugby Green Party general election candidate Terry White, 22, has defected to the Liberal Democrats following differences with himself and the national Green Party. He has rejoined a party he…
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West Midlands Combined Authority a potential threat to our green fields warns Sandison
There was a sort of debate on proposals for a West Midlands Combined Authority at Rugby Borough Council last night (21st July 2015).
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Running a deficit is “prudent management of money” say Rugby’s Tories
Rugby Borough Council's finance staff report that last year the Council missed its rates collection figures by £675,000 - see http://rugby.lib.dm/a3Zll . This was partly offset by better news in…
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So many people you won’t be able to see the empty shops claim Tories
At last night's Council meeting (21 July 2015) Cllr Neil Sandison again highlighted his concerns over falling footfall in the Town Centre - see http://rugby.lib.dm/a3Zm2 .
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Sue Roodhouse speaks out on anti-social behaviour in Trinity Church Yard
At last night's Council meeting (21 July 2015) three of the Liberal Democrat councillors spoke out on anti-social behaviour in Trinity Church Yard (also known as St Andrews Gardens).
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Rugby Council meets this evening (Tuesday 21 July )
First on the agenda - Rugby Tories are planning to hammer home the last few nails in the coffin of Cllr Neil Sandison's idea to involve the community in running Rugby's green spaces. Fortunately Neil…
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Rebuild from the grassroots upwards President tells Rugby Liberal Democrats
The President of the United Kingdom's Federal Liberal Party, Baroness Sal Brinton, paid a special visit to Rugby yesterday (Sunday 19 July 2015) to tell members that the whole party should reconnect…