Senior Lib Dems slam ‘disgraceful’ Conservatives over broadband funding cut
The Cotswold Liberal Democrats have slammed the decision by Gloucestershire County Council's Conservative administration to withdraw £500,000 funding for the roll out of super fast broadband in the Cotswolds.
Ox-off! Cotswold Lib Dems call for halt of Cotswold/West Oxfordshire Merger
The Liberal Democrat group at Cotswold District Council (CDC) have come out against proposals to merge Cotswold District Council with West Oxfordshire Council after a group meeting last week.
Lib Dems secure free parking in Cotswold Budget
The Liberal Democrats secured a number of wins at Cotswold District Council's (CDC) budget meeting earlier including periods of free parking in Cirencester, funding for more parking spaces in the town and half a million pounds worth of investment to roll our super fast broadband.
Lib Dems secure extra cash for broken roads
Gloucestershire County Council's Conservative bosses have had to reverse a proposal to slash money for road repairs.
Calls to improve ambulance service backed by Cotswold District Council
Cotswold District Council gave unanimous backing to a Lib Dem motion calling on the South Western Ambulance Service Trust to dramatically improve ambulance response times in the Cotswolds.
Call to end ambulance service crisis in the Cotswolds
A Lib Dem motion submitted to full council next week will look once again at worrying ambulance response times across many parts of Gloucestershire.
Tax-payers hit again by rising costs of Gloucestershire incinerator
A legal challenge has been today submitted by the Liberal Democrats under the council’s constitution over Cabinet’s approval of a £17 million contribution towards the Javelin Park incinerator.
Read moreTask group set up to save lives on A429
At last week’s Environment & Community Scrutiny Committee unanimous cross-party support was given to the setting up of a task group (subject to Scrutiny Management approval) to investigate safety and congestion on the A429.
Cllr. Paul Hodgkinson (LD: Bourton-on-the Water and Northleach) requested a ‘call for action’ back in the Summer and now the Council’s Environment Scrutiny Committee will look at road safety issues along the A429.
Cllr. Hodgkinson said that “The Cotswolds continues to have the worst accident record in Gloucestershire, every life lost on our roads can be avoided and we should act to prevent further injury and loss of life on this stretch of road. I’m therefore delighted that the Environment & Community Scrutiny Committee has today supported for my calls to set up a working group.
“Once formed, this group can work together to come up with recommendations that deal with safety and also to work out how to ease the increasing gridlock which Stow, Moreton and Bourton all face regularly.
“As I’ve said before this road wasn’t built for a massive increase in traffic – the whole thing needs looking at and hopefully through this task group solutions can be found.”
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Tax credit changes will hammer families in the Cotswolds – new figures show
3,100 families in the Cotswolds will lose out under Conservative plans to cut tax credits.