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PETERBOROUGH LIB DEMS WELCOME DECISION TO SAVE THE CHEQUE

Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat Party President, is one of those who have been campaigning against the decision to scrap the cheque. Peterborough Liberal Democrats have welcomed this week's announcement by the UK Payments Council that it has listened to the voice of ... [ more ]

SWNG FOCUS PAGE PROVING A SUCCESS

Members of the South Werrington and North Gunthorpe FOCUS Team, tell us that they are really benefiting from their increasingly popular Facebook page. As well as local residents and activists, the latest person to join the page is Andrew Duff, Liberal Democrat MEP for Peterborough. Alongside message from the ... [ more ]

LIB DEM COUNCILLOR JOINS PASTON & GUNTHORPE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Following a personal invitation to chair the 2011 Annual General Meeting of the Paston & Gunthorpe Community Association meeting, local LIB DEM ward councillor for South Werrington & North Gunthorpe, Darren Fower, has now been appointed as the Association’s Council Representative. Members of the Association said it had been ... [ more ]

LET US KNOW ABOUT VERGE PARKING PROBLEMS IN YOUR AREA

Liberal Democrat ward councillor for this area, Cllr Darren Fower tells us that officers at the Town Hall are presently looking to plot a map of problematic areas in the city effected by the ongoing problems of cars parking on verges, endangering pedestrians and even those drivers trying to exit their own properties etc Commenting, ... [ more ]

LOCAL COUNCILLOR CALLS ON LEADER TO ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE

At a recent Full Council meeting, LIB DEM ward councillor for this area, Darren Fower challenged current council leader Marco Cereste, after he announced intentions to introduce a name change for Neighbourhood Councils, without any consultation! Presently the group representing Paston, Walton, South Werrington and North Gunthorpe and North Werrington has the name the “Peterborough North Area ... [ more ]

WARD COUNCILLOR IS NEW GROUP SECRETARY @ THE TOWN HALL

After 18 months as Liberal Democrat Group Leader on Peterborough City Council, local LIB DEM ward councillor, Darren Fower has step down and accepted the role of Group Secretary for the Liberal Democrat group at the Town Hall. Nearby Walton ward councillor, Nick Sandford, replaces Darren as group leader, with Cllr Asif Shaheed now occupying ... [ more ]

GRAFFITI PROBLEMS @ NEW SKATE PARK

“The site is situated very close to much used public footpath that leads to the centre, a totally inappropriate position but when I brought this to the attention of my local councillors I was told there was nowhere else it could have gone!” – Local resident (source) According to local media reports, the ... [ more ]

LIB DEM FOCUS Team Secures Second Spot in 2011 Local Elections

A big well done and thank to those local residents who voted and of course our LIB DEM FOCUS Team candidate in this years local election, David Hedges, who secured second place, just behind the Tories with an impressive debut 785 votes! And of course a big thank you to al the volunteers and ... [ more ]

DAVID ‘FLATTERED’ BY TORY RESPONSE

Liberal Democrat council candidate David Hedges (pictured with local LIB DEM parliamentary candidate Cllr Sandford) says he is, extremely flattered “that the Tories found it necessary to respond to his, modest claims” (in a previous FOCUS) by producing a leaflet listing the, work that Tory councillor Paula Thacker does for the community. “It was good to ... [ more ]

LABOUR ‘CANNOT WIN’ IN WERRINGTON

As you go to the polls to elect another councillor for South Werrington and North Gunthorpe, bear in mind that Labour has never won a seat in this ward! In every recent election it has been a two-way fight between Tories and Liberal Democrats (see image). Published and promoted for and on behalf of the Liberal Democrats by Martin ... [ more ]