Jill Hope

Northamptonshire County Councillor for Sixfields - a Lib Dem campaigner working all year round, not just at election time Learn more

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PEOPLE CARE PASSIONATELY about the NHS. I do myself. I worked for the NHS many years ago, and never forgot the experience, and one of my daughters is starting her training to become a doctor later this year. As part of a coalition government we are anxious that Conservative attempts to privatise the NHS should […]

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THE RECENT Lib Dem Conference in Sheffield featured airport-style security. There were 6-foot steel barriers all round the City Hall where the main debates were taking place, and hundreds of police officers. We had to pass through metal detectors and body searches to get in. Outside, the crowds of demonstrators promised just turn out to […]

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APPARENTLY, according to protesters in Sheffield, when they are heading into Liberal Democrat conference. Alex White, the star of last week’s Scottish Conference, was attending her first Federal Conference at City Hall in Sheffield. She’s 14 years old. She’s had to endure what she called “vile abuse” as she’s gone back and forth from the […]

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