Lib Dems urge Government to set up a bottle return scheme
Gloucester's Liberal Democrat councillors are calling on the Government to set up a nationwide single-use bottle return scheme.
14 Jan 2019
National News
Parliamentary perspectives
From Alan Hilliar, Prospective Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for Aldershot and Farnborough
AH
14 Jan 2019
Broxbourne
Broxbourne in top eight of the UK for illegal air pollution.
Broxbourne suffers with some of the highest levels of illegal air pollution in the country. A government air pollution plan, ordered by the High Court earlier this year, revealed air pollution in Broxbourne to be much worse than previously feared, in fact it is amongst the eight worst areas in the country outside of London.
BLD
14 Jan 2019
Bridge safety must be looked at says Councillor Neil Sandison
Liberal Democrats Councillor for Eastlands Ward, Neil Sandison, is extremely concerned about the safe state of repair of the Great Central Railway bridges and has pressed for the issue to be looked at urgently by Rugby Borough Council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
RLD
13 Jan 2019
School to be on Clearwater Drive despite opposition
Campaigners have spoken of their disappointment that plans to build a new primary school in Gloucester have been given the green light. A planning inspector overturned the original decision by Gloucester City Council to refuse planning permission to build the school on the land next to Clearwater Drive in Quedgeley after the Diocese of Gloucester appealed. The Liberal Democrats have long been against building on land at Clearwater Drive and wanted to see it become designated open space for the community. Quedgeley Severn Vale ward currently has just 1.08 hectares of open space per 1,000 people which is short of the recommended 2.8 hectares of open space per 1,000 people. Local campaigners Anna Mozol and Liam Harries, of Quedgeley Severn Vale Liberal Democrats, both attended the appeal to support residents in their opposition to the location of the new school. "We are bitterly disappointed the planning inspector has overturned the original decision of councillors on the planning committee to reject the plans f
13 Jan 2019
NHS ten year plan has serious shortcomings say Lib Dems
On 7 January 2019, the Government unveiled their ten year plan for the National Health Service (NHS) to mark its 70th birthday.
RLD
13 Jan 2019