Senior citizens grill town's parliamentary candidates (From Bridgwater Mercury)
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Senior citizens grill town's parliamentary candidates
11:30am Tuesday 20th April 2010 in
FOUR parliamentary candidates for the Bridgwater seat at the General Election were given a grilling when the town's branch of the Senior Citizens' Forum hosted a 'Question Time' event.
Labour's Kathy Pearce, the LibDem's Theo Butt Philip, UKIP's Peter Hollings and the Green Party's Charles Graham attended the event at the New Legion Club on Friday.
Tory Ian Liddell-Grainger could not attend and the BNP's Donna Treanor was not invited.
Issues raised included the rate of council tax for pensioners, care for elderly, the pension “crisis” and swimming provision in Bridgwater.
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PICTURED, from left, are: Labour parliamentary candidate Kathy Pearce, LibDem's Theo Butt Philip, forum chairman Glen Burrows, UKIP's Peter Hollings and the Green Party's Charles Graham. (Photo Jeff Searle)
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