|
|
|
Sun 7th Jun 2009
Local Labour MP Mr James Purnell - The Work & Pensions Secretary has resigned from Gordon Browns Government following recent allegations in the Daily Telegraph about his expenses claims and the ongoing internal Labour party debate into who is best to lead them into the next General Election.
|
|
Read "ARE YOU FLIPPING ANGRY ?" in full
|
|
Tue 4th Nov 2008
Local Liberal Democrats have expressed their concern at the loss of ITV regional news coverage. Last month ITV announced 1,000 job losses including a 40% cut in regional news staff to protect its £1 billion annual budget in the face of a worsening advertising market.
|
|
Read "Local Lib Dems oppose destruction of regional news" in full
|
|
Tue 30th Sep 2008
The Lib Dems annual environmental conference comes to Stockport on 18th & 19th October. The event is run by Green Lib Dems - the party's recognised environmental campaign group - and open to all Lib Dem Party Members. Registration costs from £25 to £45 depending how soon you book and whether you are a Green Lib Dems member.
|
|
Read "Lib Dem green conference comes to North West" in full
|
|
Mon 15th Sep 2008
Tameside MBC have sent a reply in response to our query about road crossings. It leaves more questions than answers. We are a bit concerned that it appears that someone has to be injured before the council will consider improved pedestrian facilities at a junction. We would also like to know what a 'signallised junction' with pedestrian facilities attached really means. If it is just some traffic lights with the raised pavement but which have no green man facility then I think the statistics are very misleading because they are not adequate for crossing safely. We would also like to know what the 'audit commissions criteria for disabled access facilities' are. However, at least we have a response which gives us something to build on.
|
|
|
Read "Road Safety Update - get knocked down and you might get a safer crossing" in full
|
|
Sat 2nd Aug 2008
The Tameside Lib Dems have been doing a lot of cycling into central Manchester recently, sometimes using the Ashton canal towpath and sometimes Ashton Old Road. The weather has been a bit hit and miss but the British summer has been almost kind (well, at least the temperature has been hovering around 20). Overall though, it has shown how easy it is to cycle into Manchester but at the same time opened our eyes to the badly designed junctions (try crossing 3 lanes of busy traffic on a bike just so you can turn right) , terrible road/towpath surfaces and just how many drains there are to avoid when you are cycling in the gutters!! Canal towpaths are pushed by the council as a way to travel around by bike but the Ashton one would need a much better surface if it was used by more than a few bikes every day. At the moment it is more like an off road mountain bike track with deep puddles and ruts. The canal looks a bit too close for comfort on some of those bends! With a little bit of investment more people could be encouraged to use the bicycle as a way to get into the city. Cycling is maybe not something you want to do every day but if 10% of car journeys were replaced by cycle ones it would make a huge difference to congestion, the environment and your health. It will be interesting to see if anything comes out of Tameside's cycling review, at the moment the cycling strategy is nowhere to be seen.
|
|
Read "The Summer of Cycling"
|
|
Sat 2nd Aug 2008
Leaders of the 10 local councils in Greater Manchester have agreed that a public referendum should take place on the congestion charging proposals. The results will be broken down on a borough by borough basis and only if people in seven out of the 10 Greater Manchester authorities vote yes will congestion charges be imposed.
|
|
Read "Congestion Charge - It's up to you" in full
|
Archive of earlier news stories
Archive of earlier articles
 News Story Feed (v1.0).
Press Article Feed (v1.0).
Printed and hosted by Prater Raines Ltd, 98 Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BY.
Published and promoted by Tameside Liberal Democrats, 67 Mellor Road, Ashton - Under - Lyne. Tameside. OL6 6RT.
The views expressed are those of the party, not of the service provider.
|
So what exactly has Europe done for us? Click to find out.
|
| Quotes of the Week |
|
"On issue after issue, the Liberal Democrats have led the fight for real change while the Conservatives lagged behind. On the economy, on the environment and now on the real reform of politics, it is the Lib Dems that are offering something different. "
April Pond, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Norwich North by-election
www.norwichlibdems.org.uk - 21 June
"I believe that my position as an MP between now and the next election is untenable. "
Labour MP Ian Gibson
Resigning as MP for Norwich North - 6 June. See www.norwichlibdems.org.uk for Norwich North by-election news.
|
|
