Liberal Democrats have responded to the County Council claiming to put an extra £3m into the Concessionary Travel scheme. Under the scheme disabled and elderly residents of the County get free public transport. The scheme itself is divided between a statuary element and a local discretionary element.
After a long campaign lobbying NEXUS, we are pleased to report that work will start next month on refurbishing Chillingham Road Metro station. We have been pressing transport bosses to improve Chillingham Road for a number of years, and are delighted that the station will be one of the first outside of the city centre to benefit from an upgrade, as part of a major programme to improve the network.
Lib Dem Cllr David Bill, Hinckley and Bosworth's councillor responsible for community safety, has welcomed government plans to...
Thursday 3 February was the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit. Jonathan Bartley representing Fairer Votes, Neil Lawson of Compass, Simon Woolley of OBV, Jonathan Fryer and I came together to hold a press conference in Chinatown. Joined across the parties, we wished the community a "Happy New Year" and presented the case for AV.
Cllr Vicky Davies warmly welcomes the news that £48.000 of Play builder scheme monies are being allocated to refurbish Bishops...
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to senior local leaders in support of the Ambleside Community Enterprise, a group of local residents who are campaigning for unused public land in their community to be released for use as affordable homes.
