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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
15 Jan 2016
Petition calling for local Co-Op to be saved gets strong response
A petition, calling for the threatened Hinckley Co-Op store to be kept open has been submitted to Co-Op managers. The petition, organised by Hinckley Lib Dem councillors collected over 550 signatures. The popular department store on Castle Street Hinckley is one of six department stores, the other five being nearby in Warwickshire, that the Heart of England Co-Op propose to close. Hinckley Lib Dem Councillors have written to the Heart of England Co-Op, enclosing the petition and asking them to reconsider the closure plans. Hinckley County Councillor Michael Mullaney said "Lots of local residents are extremely passionate about the town's Co-Op Department Store. Many people have signed the petition to keep it open and I hope the Heads of the Heart of England Co-Op will rethink and keep this much loved Hinckley store open. "The Co-Op rightly says it values its roots in local communities, a good way it can show that is by changing it's mind and keeping the Hinckley Co-Op open".
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Author backs campaign to save Barwell Library
Local author Stewart Bint has thrown his support behind a campaign to save a threatened local Library.
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Residents urged to add names to campaign to save local Fire Services
Residents in Hinckley and Bosworth are being urged to add their names to a petition being run opposing plans to cut local Fire Services. Controversial plans from Conservative led Leicestershire Fire Authority include proposals to close fire stations, the sacking of over 100 firefighters and scrapping of eleven out of thirty Fire engines.
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