Cllr Stephen Knight

Deputy Leader of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and councillor for Teddington Ward

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Report predicts Lib Dem win in South West London Assembly race

Thu 17th Apr 2008

Liberal Democrat Stephen Knight is set to win the South West London Assembly constituency on 1st May, according to an influential study published this week. The seat, covering Hounslow, Richmond and Kingston boroughs has been held by the Conservatives for the past eight years.

Report predicts Stephen Knight will be first Lib Dem constituency Assembly Member

Brentford regeneration must realise community vision

Thu 10th Apr 2008

The Liberal Democrat London Assembly candidate for Hounslow, Stephen Knight, has lent his support to the community vision for the regeneration of Brentford.

Lib Dem London Assembly candidate Stephen Knight at Brentford lock  (photography: Stephen Knight)

Thousands of low paid residents in Hounslow suffer tax grab

Thu 10th Apr 2008

Liberal Democrat London Assembly candidate for South West London Stephen Knight has launched a stinging attack on the Government for bringing in tax changes that have increased income tax bills for thousands of the lowest paid residents of Hounslow.

Gordon Brown [Image: Rex Features]

Cameron must come clean on Heathrow expansion

Thu 10th Apr 2008

As David Cameron visits Richmond today in an attempt head off a strong Liberal Democrat challenge to his local London Assembly Member, his party is still trying to have it both ways on Heathrow expansion. Local Tories claim they are opposed to expansion whilst he and his transport team are busy telling the City that they are ready to give expansion the go-ahead.

Campaigning against Heathrow expansion - Simon Hughes MP, Cllr Munira Wilson, Brian Paddick, Cllr Stephen Knight, Cllr Andrew Dakers and Susan Kramer MP (photography: Stephen Knight)

Lib Dem Council goes solar powered

Mon 7th Apr 2008

Forty two solar panels have been installed at Richmond Council's Civic Centre this week, aiming to save up to three tonnes of carbon dioxide every year.

Stephen Knight with new Civic Centre solar panels (photography: Stephen Knight)

Lib Dem Council opens new skatepark youth centre

Sat 29th Mar 2008

The Lib Dem Council has converted a disused pavilion next to the skatepark at Kingsfield in Hampton Wick into a new youth centre and café.

Stephen Knightand Vince Cable MP witht he new youth centre building at the Hampton Wick skatepak. (photography: Stephen Knight)

Tory Council's support for third runway is betrayal

Sun 24th Feb 2008

Thursday's decision by Conservative controlled Spelthorne Council to withdraw from the 2M alliance against Heathrow expansion and instead back the Government's plans for a third runway is a betrayal of local residents says Liberal Democrat London Assembly candidate for South West London Stephen Knight.

Stephen Knight contributes to a campaign film against expansion of Heathrow airport (photography: Stephen Knight)

Post Office closures will undermine local communities in South West London

Sun 24th Feb 2008

Stephen Knight, Liberal Democrat London Assembly candidate for South West London has warned that the Government's plans to close 12 Post Office branches in South West London will undermine the vitality of local communities.

Stephen Knight and local MP Susan Kramer campaigning to save the Chestnut Grove post office in Kingston (photography: Stephen Knight)

Knight congratulates Richmond's first Fairtrade School

Fri 22nd Feb 2008

Stephen Knight, who is Deputy Leader of Richmond Council, has congratulated the borough's first school to achieve Fairtrade School status, The Queen's Primary School in Kew.

Cllr Stephen Knight with headteacher and pupils from The Queen's Primary School, Kew.

Lib Dems propose real-terms cut in Council Tax

Sun 10th Feb 2008

The Liberal Democrats on Richmond upon Thames Council have announced a below-inflation (RPI) Council Tax rise of 3.57% for 2008/2009 in their second budget since winning control of Richmond Council in 2006.

£32m Teddington School rebuild gets planning go-ahead

Sun 20th Jan 2008

The £32m rebuild of Teddington School was given the go-ahead by Richmond Council's Planning Committee on Thursday, 17th January.

Cllr Stephen Knight with a model of the new Teddington School

Richmond Lib Dems launch record-breaking £165 million investment programme

Tue 8th Jan 2008

Liberal Democrat Richmond Council has announced a record-breaking £165 million investment programme for the next five years to transform local public facilities.

Cllr Stephen Knight outside Teddington School, which is to be rebuilt under a £32 million scheme (photography: Stephen Knight)

Richmond Lib Dems meet Minister to lobby for fair funding

Tue 8th Jan 2008

Following the announcement of another real-term cut in government funding for local services in Richmond upon Thames, Lib Dem Council Leaders and the borough's two MPs have been to see the Minister to demand a fairer deal.

Vincent Cable MP, Cllr Stephen Knight, Sussan Kramer MP and Cllr Serge Lourie visit the Department for Communities and Local Government to lobby the Minister for fair funding for Richmond.   (photography: Stephen Knight)

Lib Dems scrap charges for teenagers at local youth centres

Tue 8th Jan 2008

Charges of 60p per session or £10 per year for attendance at Richmond's youth centres are to be scrapped in order to encourage more young people in the borough to use the clubs.

Cllr Stephen Knight with young people at the Kingsfield skatepark, which the first new youth centre in living memory is shortly to open. (photography: Stephen Knight)

Asian community hit by Labour's plans to crack down on family visit visas

Wed 19th Dec 2007

Labour's plans to force families to pay £1,000 'bonds' to enable close relatives from overseas to visit is an unwarranted attack on west London's Asian community says South West London's Liberal Democrat Assembly candidate Stephen Knight.

Hounslow excluded from ban on shopping bags

Mon 3rd Dec 2007

Thanks to an error by Hounslow Council, the Bill being put to Parliament by London's 32 local councils to ban disposable shopping bags in the Capital will now not apply to the London Borough of Hounslow.

Shopping bags could be banned across London - but not in Hounslow

Heathrow expansion would be environmental catastrophe

Thu 22nd Nov 2007

Government plans to further expand Heathrow airport would be an environmental catastrophe, both globally and locally, says the Liberal Democrat Assembly candidate for South West London, Stephen Knight.

Stephen Knight contributes to a campaign film against expansion of Heathrow airport (photography: Stephen Knight)

Thanks to Arbour, Crossrail is all cost and no benefit for South West London

Tue 9th Oct 2007

Commenting on today's announcement that businesses in South West London will be expected to pay extra business rates to pay for the new Crossrail scheme, Liberal Democrat London Assembly candidate for South West London, Stephen Knight, said:

Crossrail logo

Arbour attempts to gag the truth over his "housing for riff-raff" gaff

Tue 9th Oct 2007

Controversial Conservative London Assembly Member for South West London Tony Arbour has now resorted to legal bullying tactics in an attempt to gag reports of him describing social housing as, "housing for riff-raff"

Conservative GLA member for South West London Tony Arbour

Stephen Knight voted one of "London's Most Influential People 2007" by the Evening Standard

Tue 9th Oct 2007

Liberal Democrat candidate for the South West London Assembly constituency Stephen Knight has been voted one of "London's Most Influential People 2007" by the Evening Standard.

London Evening Standard - London's 1000 most influential people

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