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20 Most Recent Press Articles
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Written by Cllr Jacquie Bell and published in Letter to Editor, East Lothian Courier on Sun 17th Jan 2010
The recent cold snap has highlighted the issue of pensioners and others on low incomes who are wary to turn up the heating to keep warm because of costs and are thus at risk of hypothermia.
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Read "Cold Weather Payments" in full.
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Written by Cllr Jacquie Bell and published in Published East Lothian Courier 2nd October on Tue 6th Oct 2009
Dunbar Branch members Cllr Jacquie Bell and Ettie Spencer attended the Federal Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth recently.
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Read "Dunbar members at Federal Conference" in full.
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Written by Amy Rodger, Scottish Director of Electoral Reform Society on Thu 10th Sep 2009
There has been recent discussion about political events here in East Lothian over the past few weeks. Some of those concerns are about what happens when someone elected to a local authority or parliament changes their political allegiance but doesn't resign from office.
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Read "Election Choices" in full.
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Written by Cllr Jacquie Bell and published in Letter to Editor, East Lothian News, Published 10th September 2009 on Sat 5th Sep 2009
I refer to the story of our local MP, Anne Moffat, supporting the Outreach Post Office service in Innerwick.
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Read "Post Office Services" in full.
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Written by Cllr Jacquie Bell and published in Letter to Editor, East Lothian Courier, Published 3rd April 2009 on Fri 3rd Apr 2009
I refer to the letter from Dr John Rock of West Barns.
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Read "Smelly Waterworks Under Review" in full.
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Written by Cllr Jacquie Bell and published in Letter to Editor, East Lothian News, published Friday 20th March 2009 on Fri 20th Mar 2009
I refer to the letter from Karen Murphy, Office Manager for Anne Moffat MP in which she says I was "wrong" in my letter related to the use of House of Commons Postpaid envelopes to send standard "Dear Constituent" mailings on the continuation of the Post Office Card Account.
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Read "MP's Mailshot" in full.
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Written by Jacquie Bell and published in Letter to Editor, East Lothian Courier, published 6th March 2009 on Fri 6th Mar 2009
I refer to the story (front page of 27th February edition) on which I was not asked to make comment as a local member regarding Anne Moffat MP's comments about Post Offices services in West Barns.
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Read "Hypocrisy over closure of local post offices" in full.
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Written by Jacquie Bell and published in Letter to Editor, East Lothian News published 6th March 2009 on Fri 6th Mar 2009
I was interested to read the story on Page 40 of the News of 27th February 2009 regarding unsolicited mail by Anne Moffat MP.
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Read "Mailshot error repeated" in full.
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Written by Amy Rodger and published in Letter to Editor East Lothian Courier published 20th Feb 2009 on Wed 18th Feb 2009
The Tory candidate rather ignores the complete facts in his letter to you last week. Rather than cherry-picking the results of one election, we in the Liberal Democrats have paid attention to all the results that matter.
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Read "Rodger: Conservative candidate 'ignored the facts'" in full.
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Written by Cllr Jacquie Bell and published in Published East Lothian News Friday 20th Feb 2009 on Wed 18th Feb 2009
The Financial Crisis deepens and is a sorry tale of woe for many in the UK and elsewhere. One time Chancellor and now PM Gordon Brown and current Chancellor Alistair Darling see their credibility and Labour's place in the polls tumbling
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Read "Bell praise for Cable" in full.
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Written by Cllr Jacquie Bell and published in Letter for publication in East Lothian Courier on Wed 18th Feb 2009
The Government are continuing to plough ahead with plans for ID Cards. They are being introduced a step at a time using phrases like "beacon areas" and "protection" to make them seem attractive.
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Read "Bell and ID Cards" in full.
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Written by Cllr Jacquie Bell and published in Letter published in East Lothian Courier February 20th 2009 on Wed 18th Feb 2009
Retained fire fighters usually have jobs outside the fire service. As a 2nd job they may spend up to 120 hours a week on call - at home or at their regular work - but they are there for emergencies. They are an important part of British life.
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Read "Bell and threat to fire services" in full.
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Written by Cllr Jacquie Bell and published in Letter to Editor, East Lothian Courier and East Lothian News published 16th Jan 2009 on Fri 16th Jan 2009
The news that BT is to scrap charges for 0845 and 0870 numbers is to be welcomed. Currently these charges are up to 5.8 p a minute but they will be lifted from January 16th depending on the customers contract. The move will cost BT around £24 million.
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Read "Phone charges scrapped" in full.
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Published on Mon 18th Feb 2008
The East Lothian Liberal Democrats have today hit back at the Labour council group after it was alleged by Willie Innes, Labour's council leader, that the Liberal Democrats were opposed to council housing. Judy Hayman, a prominent member of the East Lothian Lid Dems hit back saying "nothing could be further from the truth."
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Read "Lib Dems hit back after Labour council house slur" in full.
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