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On your marks, get set….

by merioconnell on 20 April, 2017

If you live in the Reading West area you can be forgiven for heaving a heavy sigh at the news that there is to be another General Election on June 8th this year. This was supposed to be our year off! During the 2015 election when I stood for the Lib Dems, even I sympathised […]

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The Living Wage and Beyond

by merioconnell on 12 November, 2013

  All families are feeling the financial squeeze at the moment, but care workers, who visit our most elderly and  vulnerable residents, often don’t  even  take home the minimum wage! Their employers are able to reduce their pay further by tactics such as not paying for travel time between visits. Losing £1ph travelling when you […]

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Tilehurst is Brilliant!

by merioconnell on 7 November, 2013

(This blog entry was originally written on 20.02.12 and posted on the Reading Lib Dem Website ) I begin by saying that any thoughts expressed in this blog are mine and might not represent the views of the Liberal Democrat Party as a whole, but I’m presuming that anyone reading this probably wants to know […]

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