Government Wrong to Increase Incineration
"The government's announcement that it is to increase the use of incinerators to dispose of waste is bad news for Essex and not what we want", is the view of the Liberal Democrats at county hall.
23 Jan 2006
Councillor Caroline Courtney and Joshua Hanley are part of the Liberal Democrat team for Tuffley.
Caroline, who lives on Stroud Road near to St Barnabas Church, was first elected to the city council in May 2021. She is the cabinet member for culture and leisure.
Joshua Hanley grew up in Tuffley, went to local schools and is now raising his family here.
He is a sports coach and has helped run local football teams.
If you have any issues you would like Caroline or Joshua to take up on your behalf you can get in touch with them by email at tuffleyliberaldemocrats@gmail.com
You can also follow Caroline on Facebook at fb.me/Caroline4Tuffley/
REPORT OF LIBERAL DEMOCRAT NHS SURVEY
In October 2005 Scarborough and Whitby Liberal Democrats circulated a questionnaire to all GP practices, Dentists, Opticians and Pharmacists in the constituency, asking their opinions of the proposed re-organisation of the PCTs. 38% were returned and, according to the Lib Dem's 2005 general election candidate Tania Exley-Moore, the message that came back was very clear:
22 Jan 2006
Web site servers crash
The servers hosting Wolverhampton Lib Dems' Web site crashed on Friday 20 January. Prater-Raines, who who own the servers managed to get things up an running on the afternoon of Saturday 21st. but data and news stories after Jan 5th seem to have been lost.
21 Jan 2006
New survey shows ministers failing to get to grips with NHS reforms - Webb
Responding to a survey in the Health Service Journal which shows that 75% of NHS bosses say patient care will suffer because of the current cash crisis, Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, said "The cash crisis in the NHS is clearly spiraling out of control and ministers show no sign of getting to grips with the problem."
20 Jan 2006
Minister confirms unfairness of Council Tax
New facts confirming the unfairness of Council Tax have been revealed in Parliament by the Paymaster General, Dawn Primarolo MP. Asked by the Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, David Laws to reveal how much people pay in Council Tax as a percentage of their income, Ms Primarolo confirmed what we have been saying for ages: that the Council Tax penalizes the poorest!
20 Jan 2006
New survey shows ministers failing to get to grips with NHS reforms - Webb
Responding to a survey in the Health Service Journal which shows that 75% of NHS bosses say patient care will suffer because of the current cash crisis, Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, said "The cash crisis in the NHS is clearly spiraling out of control and ministers show no sign of getting to grips with the problem."
20 Jan 2006