Posts Tagged ‘peterborough city council’

Maps for Peterborough Polling Cards

With such low turnouts for this years local elections in Peterborough, Lib Dem City Councillor, Darren Fower has put forward the idea of including a map on future City Council polling cards. Lib Dem FOCUS Team councillor for South Werrington and North Gunthorpe, Darren Fower, said: "Turnout ... [ more ]

How Costly Was Park Ward for the Tories?

Ahead of this years local elections, Tories were said to be fretting over the safety of former Council Leader, John Peach's Park Ward seat, as he faced competition from Labour, who last year secured a surprised victory in this area! One muttering a lot of our guys and girls heard ... [ more ]

Become a City Councillor for YOUR area!

Liberal Democrat city councillors stand for Freedom, Fairness + Trust! Unlike the Tories, the Liberal Democrats city council group do not impose a whip system, elected members are free to vote according to their beliefs! It costs £0 to stand to become a city councillor in Peterborough, you enable you to ... [ more ]

People Power Should Prevail on Bridge Street Trees

Last year the Tory controlled City Council announced plans to remove a 1/3 of tress from Bridge Street. In response, the Liberal Democrats at the Town Hall launched a petition. Over 190 residents, local business owners and taxpayers signed the petition! Lib Dem councillors then formally presented the petition ... [ more ]

DO YOU EARN £100k+ p/a & LIVE IN A COUNCIL HOUSE?

Well one local citizen seems determined to find out, as shown in a recent Freedom of Information request (FOI-11-0375). Sadly, the City Council have been able to side-step this latest request as, they flogged their COUNCIL houses off to private companies several years ago, and so the eager investigator will have to ... [ more ]