Below Inflation Rate Council Tax
The Lib Dems have achieved a 'below inflation' council tax rise for a third year in a row and it will be one of the lowest rises in the country. The rate will be only 2.6%
22 Feb 2007
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Lib Dems Support Community Policing
The FOCUS team is in regular contact with the Buckhurst Hill neighbourhood policing team.
22 Feb 2007
Council to press for road repairs
HIGHWAYS chiefs are being urged to repair "disgraceful" roads and pavements in parts of the district.
DJ
22 Feb 2007
Concerns over increased HGV traffic to Chalcroft Distribution Park
This evening there was a good meeting held to discuss the problems associated with the increasing levels of Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) traffic operating from Chalcroft Distribution Park near West End. This centre started life as a rail freight distribution centre in the first half of the 20th Century and over the years it has turned solely into a road haulage distribution centre but at the start of the 21st century the levels of HGV traffic greatly increased to the point where serious accidents are happening and sleep of the residents near the centre is being disturbed.
21 Feb 2007
Gurkha Campaign forces Government review of pensions
The Gurkha justice petition on the Government e-petition web site closed last week with over 5,000 on-line signatures, and in response the Government has announced they are reviewing the arrangements for Gurkhas who left the army after July 1997.
21 Feb 2007
600,000 more families waiting for social housing under Labour
At Prime Minister's Question time this afternoon, Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell challenged Tony on why there are 600, 000 additional families on waiting lists for social housing. Mr Blair refused to agree with this figure, but pledged to invest more in social housing the future after being pressed further by Mr Campbell over the plight of families currently in "appalling temporary accommodation".
21 Feb 2007