At tomorrow’s (1st Feb) meeting of the Education and Children’s Services (ECS) Committee, a paper is coming forward that recommends stopping all council-run OOSC (after school and/or breakfast clubs) at the end of this academic year (July). It was agreed in May last year to: “1.2.3 Approve the officer recommendation for Aberdeenshire Council toinitiate engagement […]

Cheshire West & Chester Council’s schools are set to be hit with an £8.6 million cut to spending power in 2024/25, with Cheshire East Council losing even more at £9.5 million.  The cut will equate to a £185 fall in funding per pupil in Cheshire West & Chester Council and a £188 decrease in Cheshire […]

This picture shows Louise and Trish cleaning off the graffiti we found in the area outside Northumberland House in Brighton Road. We want residents to report to us instances of graffiti, which is one of the scourges of our times, worldwide. In general, the Council has a good record in cleaning off graffiti quickly. A […]

In support of our policies to combat global warming and reduce carbon emissions, the programme to fit electric vehicle charging points in lampposts in our Ward continues. A further consultation exercise is about to take place on the installation of two new electric vehicle charging points in Mulgrave Road, close to the junction with Worcester […]

Greenshaw High have submitted a planning application to the Council to demolish several of their existing school buildings and build two new 2-storey and 3-storey buildings. Temporary buildings will be erected during construction. Planning application number is DM2023/00466 It can be viewed on the Council’s planning web site: https://tinyurl.com/yspe9xr5 Proposal: Part demolition of several existing […]

Papers for the Fife Council Education Scrutiny Committee on school violence have just been released, and have shown that violent incidents have exponentially increased from 1221 in 2017 to 2985. Fife Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Councillor Aude Boubaker-Calder is dismayed at the figures and is calling for urgent action to resolve the issue. Boubaker-Calder has said, […]

Liberal Democrat Warwickshire County Council Group are calling for greater entitlement of free scool meals.Cllr Jerry Roodhouse said that “The Liberal Democrat group on Warwickshire County Council are calling for greater Free School Meal access. We are calling for WCC to bring forward proposals that aim to significantly increase the take-up of Free School Meals, […]

Sutton Council has declared that there is a climate emergency and at the Council meeting on 16 January we adopted a progress report entitled “Environment Strategy and Climate Emergency: Progress Report and Update.” In his speech on this important report Richard pointed out that far from being some vague affirmation of worthy sentiments the report […]

The news that Aspire Sussex has gone into administration is a concern, its sudden bankruptcy has led to courses closing with learners potentially out of pocket and tutors left without a job. The precarious financial situation of Aspire has been known for some years and giving up Marle Place was itself an indicator of the […]

Planning issues have always been a major concern in Sutton South Ward, with numerous examples of poor quality developments we have seen off but others where local democracy has been overturned by the decisions of the remote Planning Inspectorate based in Bristol. As Liberal Democrats, we think that an effective planning system based on local […]