Eaglescliffe Ward News
E-mailed bulletins issued to residents over the last month.
13 Jan 2008
E-mailed bulletins issued to residents over the last month.
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to keep Newcastle's Council Tax rise below inflation despite facing cuts from the penny pinching Labour Government next year.
Lemington's Waverley Park is set to share from a £1 million funding boost to improve play facilities, Coun Joanne Park reports.
"Who will stop Garden-Grabbing? asks Lib. Dem. councillor?
The state should "back off" and allow charities, parents and private groups to run schools says Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. In his first major speech in charge, Mr Clegg suggested creating "Free Schools" under local government oversight, but not council controlled. These "new, liberal" schools would also be non-selective. The Lib Dems also say they would scrap the bottom two GCSE grades as they have "no value" in the labour market. Nick Clegg said "It is time to call a fail a fail and raise expectations by abolishing the lowest pass grades, G and F".
It seems the need for taxing us for energy use has won the argument and the government has embarked on a programme of new nuclear power stations. These will not come into use for 15 years and by then it will be too late.