Cllr. Alan Taylor, Leader of the Lib Dem Opposition on Rochdale Council has slammed a decision to cut £100,000 off Rochdale's Community Centre budget and is leading calls for a rethink. Cllr. Taylor has called the item in for further scrutiny and will be asking the Cabinet to find the money elsewhere.
Friday 17th June at ASDA, Rochdale - 4.30-6.30pm
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The number of households in temporary accommodation nationally was 101,070 at the end of March 2005 - remaining at the same level for three consecutive quarters. The Government's homelessness strategy 'Sustainable Communities: settled homes; changing lives' aims to cut this number by half by 2010.
Reports Operation Stack has cost Kent Police more than £123,000 in overtime payments this year have led to renewed calls for Highways Agency action.
Kent Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses after a burglary and serious sexual assault at the home of a 75-year-old woman in Cheriton.
Following the County Council elections on 5th May, the Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council re-elected Hazel Watson as Group Leader, with Ian Beardsmore as her deputy. Colin Taylor chairs the group and John Doran is treasurer.