Welcome to the website of Wrexham Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.

Our campaign will be built around four steps to a fairer Britain:

• Fair taxes: We will ensure no-one pays income tax on the first £10,000 they earn. 3.6m low-income workers and pensioners will be freed from paying income tax and millions more will have a tax cut of £700 a year. We'll pay for it by closing loopholes that unfairly benefit the rich, a new tax on mansions worth over £2m, and ensuring polluters pay for the damage they cause.

• A fair start for all our children: We will get every child the individual attention they need by cutting class sizes. We will spend an extra £2.5bn on schools, targeted at children who need the most help. The average primary school could cut class sizes to 20. An average secondary school could see classes of just 16.

• A fair future: a rebalanced, green economy: We will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs with a £3.5bn green stimulus and job creation plan in our first year in government, fully funded by cut backs elsewhere. We will break up the banks and rebalance the economy away from unsustainable financial speculation. And we will be honest about where savings must be made in government spending to balance the books and protect our children's future.

• A fair deal from politicians: We will introduce a fair voting system to end safe seats and make all MPs listen to people. We will ensure corrupt MPs can be sacked by their constituents and stop non-doms from donating to parties or sitting in Parliament. We will take power from Westminster and give it to councils and communities, with local power over police and the NHS.

Our four steps to a fairer Britain will represent the most radical change to Britain in a generation and they are underpinned by the action we will take to protect frontline NHS services, put more police on patrol, restore the pensions earnings link and deliver fair pay for our armed forces. Pledges we can make because we are the only party with a plan to balance the country's books after the recession.

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Tom Rippeth: Scrap 'dead duck' air-link that no-one wants to operate Fri 5th Mar 2010 Commenting on the news that the troubled North-South Air link has suffered a further set back after no operators made suitable bids for the latest tender, Welsh Lib Dem candidate for Wrexham Dr Tom Rippeth said:

Rippeth Signs up to Support Local Businesses Sat 20th Feb 2010 Wrexham Liberal Democrat candidate Dr Tom Rippeth has signed up to the new Wrexham Savers loyalty card scheme.

WWF's Earth Hour - 27 March 2010, 8.30pm Tom Rippeth switches off and joins WWF for the greatest show on Earth Mon 15th Feb 2010 Wrexham Liberal Democrat candidate and climate scientist Dr Tom Rippeth has publicly backed WWF's Earth Hour and urges people, schools and business in Wrexham to also sign up to the big switch off to show they care about climate change.

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