Rochdale Council's Environment Cabinet Member, Councillor Wera Hobhouse, lightened the atmosphere of a sometimes tense and at times tedious council meeting in a debate on recycling and alternate weekly collections by cutting a pretty picture sporting a 'rubbish' dress made by primary school children!
Rochdale Council Environment Cabinet Member Councillor Wera Hobhouse has called for an end to scaremongering over alternate weekly collection. Councillor Hobhouse said: "I am sick of certain council members making bold claims to the media about being 'inundated' with complaints from residents. The reality is that when I question the Council's Environment Department or our Call Centre these complaints are simply not passed on. The scheme is not perfect but we can all improve it by reporting any problems to the Council. It is only by doing this that we can improve our service.
Commenting on today's Public Accounts Committee report Helping people from workless households into work, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Danny Alexander said:
I was delighted to read in the Advertiser last week that our council has at last summoned the courage to increase its councillors' allowances to a realistic professional level - as independently recommended.
The Liberal Democrats have condemned the latest proposals from New Labour Minister, Caroline Flint, about linking the right to a Council house to looking for work.
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Wednesday 6th February) criticised the lack of improvement in the way the tax credit system works, following a report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Select Committee.