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Welcome to Borders Liberal Democrats
Here you can find out information about Liberal Democrat MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Michael Moore, Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale MSP, Jeremy Purvis and Jim Hume MSP who represents the South of Scotland.
You can also find out more about the work our Liberal Democrat Group is doing at Scottish Borders Council and the campaigns we are running locally.
If you have any questions, queries or issues that you would like help with, please feel free to contact us. You can find the contact details for all our elected representatives on this site.
Please see below for all our latest news stories. For the rest of our recent news, please select the "Borders News" tab on the left hand menu.
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Fri 22nd Jan 2010
Local MP Michael Moore has offered staff at Radio Borders his congratulations after the station celebrated its 20 year anniversary this week.
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Thu 21st Jan 2010
Local MP Michael Moore has slammed the Government over their failure to protect jobs in the Borders after figures published yesterday revealed that over 200,000 people in Scotland were out of work at the end of last year. The unemployment rate climbed to 7.4%, with 61,000 people losing their jobs over 2009.
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Wed 20th Jan 2010
Responding to the sad news of the death of Bill McLaren, Borders MP Michael Moore said:
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Tue 19th Jan 2010
Borders MP Michael Moore is calling on Ministers to protect consumers in the Borders by changing the rules surrounding energy tariff price increases.
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Tue 19th Jan 2010
Responding to the news that Bill McLaren has died, Borders MP Michael Moore said:
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Tue 19th Jan 2010
Borders MP Michael Moore has hit out at Ministers after figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats revealed that thousands of pensioners in the Borders who qualify for benefits are missing out on essential cold weather payments.
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Mon 18th Jan 2010
Local MP Michael Moore is calling for an employment summit to be held in the Borders after further redundancies in the local manufacturing sector in recent weeks.
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"I hate to say it, but only one party leader seems to have grasped that, if you construct a system where unskilled people are worse off by taking a job than by staying on welfare, they remain trapped in poverty - and that is Nick Clegg. "
Lord Norman Tebbit
Daily Telegraph online - 13 Jan
"It's unbelievable that the Tories are still planning to cut taxes for a handful of millionaires when the majority of people across the country are feeling the squeeze. We need fair tax cuts that put money back in the pockets of ordinary people. The Tory sums simply do not stack up. It is irresponsible and highly misleading for George Osborne to continue to pretend that they do. "
Vince Cable MP
Responding to Conservative Spending Plans - 4 Jan
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