Archive for 2010

PETERBOROUGH LIB DEMS CONDEMN MARCH BY ‘RACIST’ EDL

(08/12/10) As reported in the local media, the English Defence League are set to march from the Peterborough United ground on London Road down to Peterborough Magistrates’ Court, in Lower Bridge Street on Saturday, December 11th. The event has been described by Muhammed Ikram, Peterborough Liberal Democrats Ethnic Minorities Coordinator as an "..attempt to stir up racial tensions..": [ more ]

LIB DEMS ACCUSE TORY COUNCIL OF POWER OBSESSION

(06/12/10) Liberal Democrats have hit out at the Tory council leadership of failing to honour their promise to give more power and delegated budgets to neighbourhood councils. Cllr Nick Sandford said this shows the Tories were obsessed with keeping power in the Town Hall and not handing it over to local people: [ more ]

12 CRIMES OF CHRISTMAS

(01/12/10) Cambridgeshire Police have launched their 12 crimes of Christmas, which apparently is their seasonal campaign offering help, guidance and advice on how to stay safe this Christmas: [ more ]

POLICE PANEL MEETING FOR PASTON, WERRINGTON, GUNTHORPE + WALTON

(20/09/10) Residents in Paston, Werrington, Gunthorpe and Walton are being reminded that there a community police panel meeting for them to attend, to discuss any community issues that they deem important, is taking place on 30th November 2010: [ more ]

GCGP LEP GETS GO AHEAD

(02/11/10) Clear as mud, eh? Basically, the City Council has now announced (at no surprise) that the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership (GC GP LEP) bid has this week been given the green light to proceed by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). So what does this mean?: [ more ]

GREEN DEAL: DELIVERING LIB DEM PROMISES

(02/11/10) The Green Deal, a Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment, is the Government’s new and radical way of making energy efficiency available to all, whether people own or rent their property: [ more ]

WHY IS THE COMPREHENSIVE SPENDING REVIEW (CSR10) SO TOUGH?

(18/10/10) Since the General Election the Coalition Government has had to borrow an extra £400 million every day. That’s because for every £300 coming in we are spending £400: [ more ]

GUESS WHAT? PETERBOROUGH IS IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN…..

(08/10/10) This time it is a report in the Guardian, that shows Peterborough City Council, who are aspiring to be the Environmental Capital of the UK, came top for issuing fixed penalty notices for littering - it issued 3,110 in 2008/09. In contrast, only one notice was issued in Derbyshire and in nearby Cambridge it was 50. So either we have too much rubbish or not enough bins?: [ more ]

PROBLEMS WITH PETERBOROUGH PUBLIC PENSIONS?

(07/10/10) The latest BBC headlines detailing the need for increased contributions from public sector staff and the need for employees to retire later, has been described by local Lib Dems as “…expected..” - especially given we highlighted, on this site, our own City Councils pension deficit had increased by £138m, way back in July of this year: [ more ]

SHOULD OUR CHIEF EXEC TAKE A PAY CUT?

(06/10/10) Following recent reports that Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles called on town hall fat cats to take a pay cut. We wondered your thoughts so have launched a poll: [ more ]