Recycling Rates are Rubbish
In an article recently run by the Basingstoke Observer about re-cycling rates in Basingstoke and Dean we have sent the following letter to the editor.
21 Jun 2010
National News
Liberal Democrat responds to Waste Facility announcement
The Liberal Democrat Group has responded to the list of companies to provide the County Council's new Waste Treatment Facility, and the announcement of the technology and site list.
21 Jun 2010
Local Government Ombudsman criticises the stopping of a travel scheme in Eastleigh
A council has been criticised after it cancelled a travel scheme enabling elderly and disabled people access to cheap or free public transport. Eastleigh council said it believed an alternative scheme would offer a wider choice of travel options.
20 Jun 2010
Campaigners urges the Government to ring fence both the NHS and social care.
The social care budget needs protecting just as NHS spending has been, campaigners say. Age UK has warned that if the expected cuts to councils are made, just half the 1m people needing help at home in England will be getting it by 2012. The charity said social care should be put on the same footing as health, which will not see a funding drop.
19 Jun 2010
Troy Backs Call For No More Bars on Queens Road
Troy Lavers the Lib Dem candidate for Castle Ward, has backed residents calls to stop the City Council giving any more licences for Queens Road.
19 Jun 2010
High turn out for Stoneleigh Protest
A hundred or so residents turned out for the protest against the closure of the public toilets at Stoneleigh Railway Station.
19 Jun 2010