According to the Leicester City Council Website in its Community Ward Meetings section the Local Authority triumph that: "Ward...
At a national level, we still await a proposed solution from the Labour Party reagrding to the country's £158bn debt which they left to the succeeding government as they left office in 2010; especially when, from 2005 onwards Chesterfield Borough Council had to suffer savings of 3% per year, (which occasionally did hit £300,000), and the closure of at least 14 post offices. And yet Labour continued to spend until they left office and had the temerity to joke about it when a note was left by the outgoing Chief Secretary to Treasury, "Good Luck, there's no money left!"
On the problematic side, County Coucillor Keith Morgan has been engaged with the County on potholes and re-surfacing following the severe winter 2011/12 on Moorland View and Greenways; flood damage to tarmac surrounding at least two manhole covers has required serious correction and more enquiries than usual have been received concerning trees and both public and private land, their removal and root damage to pavements now that the trees are getting much older.
Over the last year County Cllr. Keith Morgan has been activate in casework and attending meeting at County Hall. Specifically, he opposed the Youth Club closures proposed by the controlling group. Locally, he has supported several local projects with the County Council leadership fund. The very successful Chatsworth Road Festival (Oct. 2011) attracted £500 towards its publicity this year; Cruse Bereavement Group also received £400 to enable its development and visiting: other beneficiaries have included the Friends of Walton Dam and the Robinson Bowling Club. These are all social support networks which contribute towards the improvement of life in our area.
The summer and autumn have brought mixed fortunes for the Walton & West Division. At last the plans for the regeneration of the Hipper Corridor have been lodged with the Council. Local Liberal Democrats contacted some 2,000 households immediately affected by the development to elicit some measure of local opinion.
The Chesterfield Labour Party, campaigning against the Chesterfield Liberal Democrat Council in the local elections in May 2011 claimed to reduce these charges if they were elected! We know the Labour Party will deny their evident hypocrisy: yet it is there, in public record, for all to see…as follows: