Bollard scheme to solve parking problem
PARKING problems have driven Epping town councillors to spend over £3,000 on parking bollards across the entrance of the Epping Hall.
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24 Oct 2007
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Packaging "is a triple cost to the shopper".
Stockton Liberal Democrat Group Leader, Maureen Rigg, has welcomed the introduction of a bill to cut down on excessive packaging. Jo Swinson, MP, introduced her bill yesterday into Parliament calling for the establishment of a national body to promote and enforce packaging reduction; to make provision for the disposal of packaging by certain retailers and to establish binding targets for the reduction of packaging. Stockton Liberal Democrats had already supported a motion at their party conference in September on the same matter.
24 Oct 2007
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24 Oct 2007
Farron calls for free bus travel for young people
Tim Farron MP is calling for a fresh look at the cost of public transport for young people, together with how buses are subsidised.
24 Oct 2007
MP secures promise from Minister on mental health ward
Local MP, Tim Farron has received assurances from the Health Minister Ivan Lewis that the mental health ward at Westmorland General Hospital, Ward 4, could not be permanently closed or downgraded without full public consultation. In response to a parliamentary question tabled by Mr Farron, the Minister said that the Trust had a 'responsibility' to consult fully.
24 Oct 2007
Local MP presses County Council on Crooklands Bridge
Tim Farron has written to Cumbria County Council in an effort to force them to press forward with measures that will prevent the Crooklands Bridge from being damaged in the future. The bridge, which has been seriously damaged three times in recent months, is part of a well-used route between A65 and the Kent Estuary is crucial to the local area.
24 Oct 2007