You have until next 12 Noon, Tuesday 21 June to book your place. The Liberal Democrat, as the Official Opposition at Northamptonshire County Council, have put a motion on the agenda for the Full Council meeting on Thursday 23rd June. As a result there is an opportunity for anyone concerned about this issue to address all [...]
The Liberal Democrats have put a motion on the next meeting of Northamptonshire County Council calling for the street light switch off to be scaled back. Deputy Leader Chris Stanbra said “It’s clear that all the concerns that the Liberal Democrats had at budget time have come true. We suggested that cuts to street lights [...]
The Liberal Democrat Leader of the Opposition at County Hall, Cllr Brendan Glynane, has today warned that the Conservatives proposed library review could lead to library closures across Northamptonshire. Cllr Glynane said “We warned at February’s budget meeting that the Conservatives’ proposed review of libraries was a smokescreen after the massive backlash against library [...]
Cllr Glynane Cllr Brendan Glynane, Leader of the Opposition Liberal Democrat group at County Hall has responded to the Conservatives defence of their £59,439 expenses claims. Cllr Glynane said “The Conservative leader’s defence of his group’s ludicrous and disgraceful travel expense claims simply doesn’t stack up. He claims they need it to do the job. [...]
Cllr Brendan Glynane has today called on the Conservative administration at County Hall to act after 12 of the County’s schools were judged to be inadequate or needing intervention in an OFSTED report. Seven schools require special measures, whilst two were given “notice to improve” and a further two require “significant improvement”. Only 3 [...]
Cllr Brendan Glynane has written to the Evening Telegraph calling for the Conservatives to U-turn over the speed camera cuts after Police stated that there had been an increase in speeding. Today the Police have confirmed what we all knew would happen when the Conservative County Council slashed funding for speed cameras. People are speeding [...]
Research by the Liberal Democrats at Northamptonshire County Council has shown that the Conservative group claimed £59,439 in travel and subsistence expenses in 2010/11, with the Conservative Cabinet claiming a total of £27,812. In comparison the Liberal Democrat group and Shadow Cabinet claimed only £717 in total, with two thirds of the members not [...]
Cllr Chris Stanbra, member for Danesholme division and Deputy Leader of the Lib Dems at County Hall, has written to the Evening Telegraph calling for the Conservatives to rethink the streetlight switch off in Corby and Northamptonshire. The text of the letter is below: “Dear Sir, In accordance with their budget proposals which were supported [...]
Liberal Democrat Leader of the Opposition at Northamptonshire County Council, Cllr Brendan Glynane, has attacked the decision by Conservative Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles to allow a proposed Nuclear waste dump to be placed at Kings Cliffe. Cllr Glynane, who joined local residents and Liberal Democrat activists at a protest last year at the [...]
The Citizens AV result. The referendum was a clear rejection of the Alternative Vote method. The No campaign convinced enough people that, although they can set their Sky+ box, work out housekeeping budgets, set out saving and pension plans, and download apps to their phones, that when it comes to voting, they are only [...]
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