Lib Dem Youth and Students Speak Up for Shepway
Shepway Lib Dem Youth and Students (SLDYS) have today staged a protest outside the Conservative Party's HQ in Folkestone.
30 Mar 2004
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Carroll fights to save Shepway services
Local Lib Dem campaigner Peter Carroll has joined the fight to save Shepway services from closure. The Labour Government has already forced the Council to make cuts to Public Toilets, tourism funding, the Airshow, and grass verge cutting.
29 Mar 2004
Helping hand for lunch club
The Brickfields Lunch Club has been reprieved, thanks to Colin Taylor. The club is run by Rethink, a charity that supports people with mental health problems. To ensure the club can continue into 2005, Colin provided more than £3,000 from his discretionary allocation as a County Councillor.
26 Mar 2004
Chancellor's budget cash handout to school heads is not new money
Gordon Brown's apparent budget hand out of extra money for school heads is another example of the same money being recycled in a different guise. In the budget Mr. Brown announced that a typical primary school of 250 pupils would receive a direct payment of £55,000 and a 1000 pupil secondary school could expect a cheque for £180,000. An e-mail from the Department of Education and Skills received by Kingsbridge Community College recently confirmed that this is not new money. These payments are nothing more than a combination of the existing School Standards Fund and the Devolved Formula Capital Grant that were previously announced.
26 Mar 2004
Threat of 350 unwanted homes for the borough
Government Inspectors vetting Surrey's plans for the 35,400 new homes demanded by John Prescott, have recommended startling changes in a report just revealed to Councillors following their "examination in public" hearings. These include a further 350 additional homes to be built in Epsom & Ewell by 2016.
25 Mar 2004
Will the new County Hall be Energy Efficient?
At the County Council meeting on March 23rd, Lib Dem councillor Colin Taylor commented that pictures of the new County Hall show a glass-clad building. Such buildings tend to feel too hot in summer and too cold in winter - or use lots of energy maintaining comfort.
24 Mar 2004