Concessionary Fares - Mixed success
Your Borough recently extended Concessionary Fares to those over 60, or disabled.
Your Borough recently extended Concessionary Fares to those over 60, or disabled.
What can St Edmundsbury do to address the problem of deprivation in the rural areas of St Edmundsbury that have been identified as being particularly acute?
The recent report of rural poverty makes grim reading and while some local conservatives have responded by trying to rubbish the messenger anyone who, like me, has knocked on doors in rural areas such as Ampton and Timworth and seen for themselves the problems such as housing conditions, lack of transport, and the isolation of communities will understand that the report underlines a problem that needs to be addressed rather than ignored.
Liberal Democrat Town Councillor Gary Fuller has written to the corporation chairs of West Kent and Sussex Downs Colleges, seeking confirmation that South Kent College's Folkestone campus won't close if merger plans go ahead.
The Lib Dem FOCUS Team have been informed that a number of sites have been assessed for pedestrian crossings including the Crooked Mile by Saxon Way and Monkswood Avenue.
Dundee LibDems today (Sunday 20th July) welcomed the launch of the party's new "Make it Happen" document, a bold statement of the party's vision and values.