Dundee City Council's Liberal Democrat Vice Convener of Environmental Services and Sustainability, Cllr Helen Dick, has given her support to "One Bin Day" next Tuesday (21st February) an attempt by Envirowise to urge businesses to limit the number of rubbish bins available in their office and witness the amount of waste produced in one day.
Surrey County Council's increase in Council Tax of "only" 5% may not be as high as in some recent years, but not only is it around twice the rate of inflation, it comes at a high price in terms of cuts in services, with the expectation of hundreds of staff redundancies to follow in April.
At this weeks County Council meeting Lib Dem Cllr Gordon Willey criticised the County Council's borrowing. The Tory run County Council voted to borrow £35million pounds to finance projects throughout the county.
Liberal Democrat Leader Cllr Peter Blaine when speaking at this weeks full Council Meeting at Bedfordshire County Council slammed the councils budget as a 'Smoke and Mirrors Budget'.
At this weeks County Council meeting Cllr Susan Gaszczak expressed her concerns at the £270k investment in the Youth Service.
Pressure from Lib Dems has pushed the council into giving a more positive commitment to force developers to work to reduce the amount of waste generated in the borough.
