The new Eastleigh Borough policy of not having side waste on non-recyclable waste collections is having a positive effect on the recycling rate. At the recent full council a sceptical conservative group asked questions about the new side waste policy. The answers by Eastleigh Environment Cabinet member Cllr Louise Bloom, make interesting reading :-
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Liberal Democrat Question have revealed that the Government has already spent £32m preparing for its ID card scheme even before it becomes law. Spending rose from £25,000 to £63,000 a day in the last six months of 2005, the Home Office said.
Dundee Liberal Democrats have expressed concern at news that the Government has already spent £32m preparing for its ID card scheme even before it becomes law.
Local members and Councillors had a question and answer session with Simon Hughes M.P. last night, at the St James Church Hall in Highfields.
New swimming facilities will be provided as part of Staveley's new leisure centre from the day it opens. The new 'healthy living leisure centre' at Barlow Road will replace the crumbling Middlecroft Leisure Centre, which is scheduled to close by the end of May, at the very latest, for health and safety reasons. The final go-ahead is expected to be given by the Council's Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday, March 7.
