Lib Dems oppose new Hinckley and Bosworth Tory Bin Tax
Liberal Democrat Councillors voted against the Conservatives proposals for a new tax on brown bins at the Council meeting today (18th February 2016).
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Campaigners who fought to save the 2nd Fire Engine at Hinckley Fire Station are celebrating
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Big response to Fire Service Petition
Hinckley and Bosworth Liberal Democrat County Councillors have thanked residents who signed a petition to save local Fire Services. Well over a thousand people signed a petition run by local Lib Dem County Councillors David Bill, Stuart Bray, Keith Lynch and Michael Mullaney calling on Leicestershire Fire Authority to drop plans to massively cut back local Fire services. Leicestershire Fire Authority proposals included closing two local Fire Stations and removing eleven Fire engines, including one of the two Fire Engines that are based in Hinckley. Stuart Bray Lib Dem member of the Fire Authority said. "Lib Dem County Councillors have consistently opposed these plans to cut local Fire Services. Among the many local residents who opposed these plans have been current frontline firefighters who have warned that they'll no longer be able to properly protect Leicestershire residents. While money needs to be saved, it mustn't be at the expense of our safety." Hinckley Lib Dem County Councillor Michael Mull
26 Jan 2016
Lib Dems call for rethink on Council’s Finance Plans
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25 Jan 2016
Lib Dems call for Barwell Post Office to be saved
Liberal Democrats in Barwell are calling on residents to have their say in a consultation on the future of the village's High Street Post Office.
25 Jan 2016
Conservatives' Inflation-busting Council Tax rise condemned
Reacting to the news that Hinckley and Bosworth's Conservative administration intends to increase the Council Tax by 4.5%, Lib Dem Opposition Leader Cllr Stuart Bray (Lib Dem, Hinckley Castle) said: "We will be opposing this inflation-busting rise. During the last Lib Dem administration we froze Council Tax for 5 consecutive years, protected front-line services and put money away for a rainy day. After less than a year the Tories have already made a mess of it. "The last Conservative administration hiked up Council Tax and other charges and it's happening all over again. The last Lib Dem Council set in place new ways for the Council to make money on land it proposed to sell off, if the Conservatives had continued that at the pace we had intended then it was very likely that no increase would have been necessary again this year." This is on top of the new that Tory-controlled Leicestershire County Council is also increasing their share of the Council Tax by 4% too. Lib Dem Finance Spokesman C
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