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Party conferences
When the Liberal party and SDP merged in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats, diehards of both parties went on alone.
— Not even David Owen’s attempt finally to wind up the SDP in 1990 prevented some carrying on: 20 years later it has two councillors in Bridlington and three in Aberavon, South Wales.
Its 2010 conference will be held at the Community Centre, Victoria Road, Bridlington, on Sunday 26 September at 10 a.m. sharp.
— The Liberal party boasts 24 councillors and put up five parliamentary candidates in the 2010 election. Its annual assembly this year will be held on Saturday 16 October at the Society of
Friends Meeting House in Wolverhampton.
Public-sector pay
Some 9,000 public-sector staff earn more than David Cameron’s £142,500 as Prime Minister.
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