The Liberal Democrat groups in Rochdale, Oldham, Manchester and Salford have all agreed to support a binding Greater Manchester wide referendum to be held on the TIF bid and congestion charge. The last opinion poll showed that 86% of Greater Manchester residents supported a referendum.
The Lib Dem group have called on the Leader of Surrey County Council to resign following the publication of a damning report on services for vulnerable children in the County.
Townhill Infants School gives the children very best start to their education according to the latest Ofsted report. The school was given the highest possible grade of "outstanding" across the board following its inspection. The inspection was also backed by the test results with pupils gaining higher than above average standards in reading, writing and maths by the end of year two.
In response to concerns raised by residents of Royal Military Avenue about dangerous driving and dangerous speeding in their road, the Cheriton Liberal Democrat team have convened a meeting for interested residents on Wednesday 30th July 2008 from 7.00pm at the Gurkha Community Centre, MacKenzie Drive, Cheriton.
Commenting on the Government's proposal to increase Guildford's target for new build houses by a further 2000 above the draft South East Plan (for 2006 - 2026) Sue Doughty said, "The Government is asking Guildford to sacrifice the green belt to the North East of Guildford between Burpham and Clandon to take 2000 more houses. Meanwhile the rest of Guildford still has to cram in another 322 houses per year. Yet we all know that the North and West of Guildford are pretty well full up already.
Folkestone Harvey Central Liberal Democrat Councillor Gary Fuller has this week reported a whole variety of highways issues affecting Central Folkestone to Kent Highways. As a follow up to reporting various pathway potholes to County Councillor Roland Tolputt last week, Gary has reported an extensive list of defects affecting local streets to Kent Highways.