Building a greener, cleaner, safer community
Despite the Conservatives ever increasing claims to be spending more money on the Royal Borough’s Roads, residents are telling the Lib Dems that the roads are worse than ever. One example is the busy Albert Road by the end of the long walk which is now increasingly rutted, thanks to the ineffectiveness of both the […]
One of the proudest achievements of the last Liberal Democrat administration of the Royal Borough between 2003 and 2007 was stopping Berkshire Fire Authority’s plan to sell Windsor Fire Station for redevelopment. Sadly the current Conservative Council has been far less successful at saving Windsor’s night time fire service. Whilst the Windsor Labour Party came […]
Local Lib Dems were horrified recently when the council started refusing to fill some pot holes. If the pothole is not of a certain size the council will not repair it – they will just monitor it! This short term attitude has been condended by the local residents and experts alike. Experts say that it […]
LibDems believe that it is essential if the Big Society is going to work then it needs to restore funding to local voluntary groups. Cllr Kathy Newbound, LibDem Deputy Group Leader said, “This year the local Tories cut the funding for voluntary groups by a fifth. From £132,170 in their first year of office they […]
Borough LibDems know that sprinklers could save lives. Cllr Kathy Newbound, LibDem Group Deputy Leader said, “A fire causing 13 deaths in a Scottish care home in 2003 led to the Scottish Parliament making sprinklers compulsory in all care homes two years later. This year the Welsh Assembly have asked for all new homes to […]
LibDems have uncovered that over £9,000m in a month are being spent by the Tories on temps in the council’s revenue and benefits department. Cllr Kathy Newbound, LibDem Deputy Group Leader said, “All this money is being spent and the service has got worse. In 2008/9 the average housing benefit/council tax benefit processing time was […]