Council Tax for the Borough Council has increased by three times the rate of inflation since Mayor Branston took office in 2002. Borough Council Tax over the 5 budgets overseen by Mayor Branston is up by 31%, whilst inflation for that time is just 10% .
There is a meeting of the newly formed Dover, Deal and Shepway NO2ID branch this Monday 19th February at 8:30pm at The Red Lion, Charlton Green, Dover. NO2ID is the UK-wide, non-partisan campaign opposing the government's planned ID card and National Identity Register. It campaigns for the abolition of the ID scheme and repeal of the Identity Cards Act 2006.
Following the incident in McDonald's restaurant in Dundee City Centre yesterday in which an 11 year old girl was shot with a pellet gun, City Councillor for the City Centre & West End, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, said, "I am very concerned to learn of this incident in the City Centre and clearly this raises the issue of the availability of these sort of pellet guns.
Two mothers whose children have a rare hip disorder have lobbied MPs at Westminster in their battle to change the rules on disabled parking badges. Helen Grindrod and Kelli-Ann Rushton's daughters both suffer from congenital hip displacia leaving them immobile and requiring regular hospital treatment. But due to the girls' age and type of disability, their mothers are not entitled to blue badges.
According to the Local Government Association, half of the blue badges in London are being abused. What needs to be done to restore the credibility of a scheme that was originally designed to make life easier for disabled people?
Park Ward Liberal Democrats are delivering an new A3 Focus across the ward. The main stories are: Campaign for kerb side collection of plastic waste,
