Climate Change Plan
A plan that will lead to a significant reduction in the city council's greenhouse gas emissions over the next 18 years will be presented to councillors on the 12th March.
3 Mar 2007
National News
Dundee LibDems slam Labour over climate change
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Saturday 3rd March) slammed the Labour Westminster Government for deciding to downgrade the Climate Change Bill promised in the Queen's Speech, to only a draft bill.
3 Mar 2007
SCARBOROUGH & WHITBY LIB DEMS BACK PROPOSALS TO REGENERATE TOWN CENTRES
Liberal Democrats from Scarborough and Whitby will be supporting proposals to give local communities new powers to regenerate town centres, and give local businesses a fairer deal, when they are debated at the party's conference in Harrogate this weekend.
2 Mar 2007
CRIME IN SCARBOROUGH AND WHITBY TO BE DISCUSSED AT CONFERENCE
Liberal Democrats from Scarborough and Whitby are heading to Harrogate this weekend to attend the party's spring conference. And topping the concerns they will be raising will be crime and anti-social behaviour.
2 Mar 2007
LIB DEM CONCERN OVER SCHOOLS IT
Liberal Democrat councillors at North Yorkshire County Council are concerned that school pupils are missing out because of shortcomings in the Council's IT services. There have been reports from across the county of unsatisfactory broadband connections and difficulties for schools in connecting to computer training. Some teachers are now simply not using broadband because the system fails more often than it works. They therefore cannot plan lessons that involve internet work.
2 Mar 2007
TORIES AND LABOUR FAIL TO DEFEND POST OFFICES
Liberal Democrat councillors at North Yorkshire County Council lost their fight last week to get the Council to defend post offices in the county. Earlier this month the Council's Executive and its Care & Independence Overview & Scrutiny Committee both supported a Lib Dem motion opposing any further closures of post offices in the county, subject to a small amendment.
2 Mar 2007