Tory threats to the Countryside
The Tories' BDR (Business Delivery Review) will adversely affect the County Council's countryside services. The proposals, if approved, will:
16 Feb 2006
Social Democratic Party 25th Anniversary
With the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) fast approaching, Dr Liz Dick, a leading light in the Dundee SDP in the 1980s (and in the Dundee Liberal Democrats since the SDP/Liberal merger in 1988) writes:
16 Feb 2006
Tory BDR is bad news for Arts, Music and Museums
The Tories' Business Delivery Review (BDR) will hit Surrey Arts, Music and Museums. Surrey County Arts currently provides 278,000 music lessons annually. However, tuition fees in Surrey are already 30% higher than the national average. Some 42% of local authorities do not charge any tuition fees.
16 Feb 2006
Dundee LibDem Finance Convener praises Perth's Support
Dundee City Council LibDem Convener of Finance, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, has today strongly welcomed the support of Perth & Kinross Councillors on the issue of ethical investment for local authority pension funds.
16 Feb 2006
Backing for Bus Campaign
Councillors, Farmer, Smith, Green and Henry, met local residents to be handed a petition with hundreds of signatures, calling for a local bus route to be re-established.
16 Feb 2006
Springvale Lib Dems organise Rubbish Action Zones
Springvale Focus Team has organised a series of "Rubbish Action Zones" This means any household rubbish within reason but including many items not normally collected can be removed. Obviously there can be no toxic substances. The event is meant to be community based and not a Council Service. Unless residents are physically unable to do so, they are expected to help by putting their own rubbish onto the lorries.
16 Feb 2006