Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
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
New Bus Timetables From Today
If you get either the Times and Citizen or the Beds on Sunday delivered to your home you will know this already due to the 'wrap-around' advertising in the last week, but today saw the new bus timetables for urban and rural parts of the Borough come into force. As I've written here on mayordave.org.uk recently (http://bit.ly/p0Pgf9), as with any changes to bus routes it is not uniformly good news for everyone, but overall across both urban and rural parts of the Borough access to decent bus services is being maintained and even improved. Most buses in Bedford and Kempston are now running until as late as 11pm. It is the first time in decades that we will have late evening buses in Bedford and Kempston, and I am delighted we have been able to reach an agreement on this with Stagecoach and achieve a significant extension of bus services into the evenings. We are also continuing with the new Sunday services we introduced last year, which see the Monday to Saturday routes replicated on Sundays and a minimum frequ
21 Aug 2011
A New Green Voice
Your very own Simon Oliver, Green Liberal Democrat Membership Secretary, has recently taken to raising green issues on the Libdem Voice website.
20 Aug 2011
Teffont development permitted
Wiltshire Council's southern area planning committee recently gave permission for a new dwelling in Teffont. Then the developers came back with amended plans to build a loft conversion and a double garage.
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20 Aug 2011
Enterprise Zone will boost jobs in East Kent
The Government has announced a further 11 Enterprise Zones across the country, designed to boost local growth and create more than 30,000 new jobs by 2015. These Zones will have simplified planning rules, super-fast broadband and over £100m tax breaks for new businesses over the next four years.
19 Aug 2011
Parking panic - u-turn confirmed
Wiltshire Council's all-Conservative cabinet met on Friday 19th August to attempt to undo the damage done to the Salisbury economy by their decision to double parking fees in the city. In order to discourage too many protesters from attending, the meeting was held in Devizes, at the old Kennet District Council offices, beginning at the unusually early hour of 9.30am.
TC
19 Aug 2011
‘A’ LEVEL RESULTS: HOW DID THE BOROUGH DO?
Results are in and schools across the borough are celebrating, following the release of provisional 'A' Level results today. Notable successes include:
19 Aug 2011