LIBERAL DEMOCRAT Councillors have handed in a petition-signed by hundreds of residents-calling on the County Council to withdraw their planned changes to Barwell Library. Proposed changes would see the County Council no longer fund the library and it be staffed by volunteers rather than professional librarians.
A by-election will be held for the Folkestone Harvey Central Ward in early September 2014, following the resignation yesterday of Cllr David Johnson.
Lib Dems in Local Government have welcomed Nick Cleg's call for a major change to the Spare Room Subsidy - also known as the "Bedroom Tax".
At July's meeting of the County Council there was unanimous support for a motion calling for the government to provide funding...
Research by Shropshire Lib Dem Councillors have discovered that the Council has spent a total of £67,165 since the Council Elections held in May 2013 on allowances for the 5 Chairs of Scrutiny Panels who have met, in public on average, only 6 times each. One has only chaired 4 meetings (and cancelled 7), that's £3358 per meeting.
Elstow Bunyans Mead Residents Meeting - Residents have several concerns relating to Borough and BPHA responsibilities. The BPHA Warden invited Cllr Tim Hill and several reps from BPHA to a residents meeting to discuss these concerns. About 20 residents attended and lots of issues were raised. BPHA has now accepted it is responsible for maintenance of the pedestrianised area. Tim has also reported to BPHA residents issues on overgrown trees and street lights not working.