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News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
The future of Stourbridge Town Centre hangs in the balance
The future of Stourbridge Town Centre hangs in the balance. Action needed. Chris Bramall writes:
30 Apr 2012
Why do some people in Stourbridge have two votes in this election?
Why do some people in Stourbridge have two votes in this election? Chris Bramall writes: When people talk to me about the 2012...
30 Apr 2012
Oyster-Style Smart Card to Make Bus Use More Convenient and Better Value
The recent news that we have been successful in securing funding to deliver our plans for an Oyster-style smart card for use on local buses across Bedford Borough is great news for local public transport. As I've said previously, there is still some way to go to plan and agree all of the details. We need to make sure the bus operators are happy with the scheme and fully signed up, or else a number of the benefits of having one, simple card to make getting around the borough easier and better value will be lost. So it's better to make sure we get it right than to rush it and briing in a scheme that doesn't deliver the radical improvement for bus users that we all want to see.
30 Apr 2012
Changes to public transport ignore the impact on young and elderly
Lib Dems have reacted with anger to the news that the Tory Administration at County Hall is to press ahead with huge increases in charges for school transport and the removal of all travel concessions except those they have to provide by law, despite strong opposition expressed during the recent public consultation exercise.
30 Apr 2012
E-FOCUS Issue 011 available to download
Issue eleven of our E-FOCUS online newsletter is now available to download online.
TC
29 Apr 2012
Chesterfield's "gateway" signs uproar
The new "gateway" signs which have recently appeared at all the gateways into the borough have clearly upset many residents and former residents from much further afield - even from as far away as Australia! These people are furious that the new signs don't feature the borough's universally popular crooked spire at all, whereas the signs they replaced showed it very prominently. Complainants also don't understand why 'Historic Market Town', the borough's other popular attraction, has been omitted from the new signs, whilst it was very prominent on the old ones. Cllr Ray Russell ( Liberal Democrat Council Group Leader ) said ' I very much share these concerns and that's why I spoke against the new signs and voted against their introduction at the Cabinet Meeting that sanctioned them. I just don't see why the old ones needed replacing as they showed our much-loved crooked spire prominently and highlighted our historic market town status. I was also very concerned that a lot of public money was being spent repla
29 Apr 2012