Burbage – Traffic and Parking by Paul Williams Burbage Campaigner
Burbage - Traffic and Parking
7 Nov 2017
Stop the Winter Fuel Payment Cuts
Join the Lib Dems in saying no to the winter fuel payments cut!
Local News
Leicestershire School Budgets to Face “Triple Whammy”-
Research by the Liberal Democrats showed that the Government is cutting funding for schools in Leicestershire. There's a cut of £89 per pupil which when combined with inflation, is expected to force a number of schools to make difficult decisions on how to provide education. In May, the Institute for Fiscal Studies estimated that the cost of providing education could rise by 8%, meaning that unless the Government provides extra funding, schools may be forced to severely cut back on resources.
31 Oct 2017
Councillor takes up cause of WASPI women at conference
A Leicestershire County Councillor has taken up the cause of local "WASPI" women at a conference. Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) are a campaigning group for women who lost out when their retirement age was raised without proper consultation and notice. Many women born in the 1950s were affected by the changes.
31 Oct 2017
Conference backs call for Electrification of Midland Mainline
Two Liberal Democrat members from Hinckley and Bosworth succesfully got the East Midlands Liberal Democrats conference to back a motion, unanimously, supporting the electrification of the East Midlands Mainline that travels through Leicester and the rest of the East Midlands.
25 Oct 2017
Huge swing to Lib Dems in Burbage by-election
The Lib Dems secured a huge swing in a by-election in Burbage nearly winning a seat in the ward of the Conservative Council leader.
10 Oct 2017
Popular local campaigner Rob Mayne is fighting for Burbage
Voters in Burbage will once again be going to the polls, this time to elect a new local councillor. A Councillor has sensationally quit his post following a bust-up in the ruling Conservative Group.
28 Sep 2017
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