Leader of Rochdale Council, Councillor Alan Taylor has criticised the decision of Bury Council to remove their support for the Transport Innovation Fund bid. Councillor Taylor has reaffirmed Rochdale Council's support for the potential £1200 million in transport improvements for Greater Manchester. Rochdale Council is now the only non Labour Council to support the bid in Greater Manchester.
The Liberal Democrat group is disappointed that the Conservative majority gave a resounding NO to their call for a Borough-wide consultation on the William Hunter Way.
After a hard fought battle to save this valuable local amenity, the Post Office have confirmed that the Warley Hill branch will remain open!
RETIREMENT homebuilder McCarthy and Stone has finally won a long-running planning battle over a sheltered housing scheme.
Wolverhampton's Labour-run Council claimed earlier this year to be too strapped for cash to save Compton Baths but seems able to spend over £2.5million on publicity. "Surely this is a case of putting spin before swim?" said Claire Darke, Compton Baths campaigner and Liberal Democrat candidate for Park Ward in next May's local elections.
In his last Prime Minister's Questions as acting Liberal Democrat leader, Vince Cable told the Prime Minister that the 'real disaster' for the government was the continuing tragedy in Iraq. Mr Cable asked: "When he was in Basra this week was he told that 40 women, at least, have been executed for personal immorality? And is this why 173 British troops have died? Transferring power from the fascist regime of Saddam Hussein to the terror of the fascist militia who run the streets of Basra."
