Lib Dem Councillor jumps before he’s pushed
Councillor Abdul Rehman has resigned from the Liberal Democrat Groups on Blackburn with Darwen Council.
22 Apr 2011
Councillor Abdul Rehman has resigned from the Liberal Democrat Groups on Blackburn with Darwen Council.
Many local residents will have been shocked by the story in last week's Times an d Citizen, which revealed that the Conservatives in charge of Central Bedfordshire Council have shortlisted US waste giant Covanta's bid for a mammoth 600,000-tonne capacity incinerator near Stewartby amongst their potential long-term waste partners. There are 6 firms on their shortlist, which will be reduced further in the next few weeks. The Tories' move is the latest in a long campaign by the party in support of an incinerator at Rookery Pit near Stewartby. First, the former Conservative County Council pursued plans for its own incinerator there, and then Conservatives in Buckinghamshire previously selected Covanta's project as the preferred option for Bucks waste. Now Central Beds Conservatives could be about to give the biggest boost they possibly could to the appalling prospect of the incinerator being built. I am calling on the Conservatives to listen to the broad-based campaign of local residents, which even the local Con
Local Lib Dem Campaigner Gary Fuller has reported potholes and graffiti in Sandgate, including potholes in Chalcroft Road and Coolinge Lane near Sandgate Primary School.
Local residents have questioned what Wiltshire Council's Policy & Communications department are doing with their £2.2million of taxpayer's money, when the latest editions of the Thompson Local Phone Directories still have the obsolete district council contact details
It's sometimes easy to despair about the level of political debate in this country. We have the first UK wide referendum since 1975, on a subject as important as how we elect the people who represent us. How we elect those who set our taxes, take us to war, decide how we fund our services.
A message from the Lib Dem leader of Newcastle City Council, Cllr. David Faulkner