Lib Dems Work All Year Round
December 19th, 2008 by johncameron
The local Liberal Democrat team of Councillors John Cameron, Iain Donaldson and Rod Isherwood with John Leech MP are always working on behalf of local people to try and improve our area. Councillor John Cameron and Iain Donaldson are pictured by one of the alleyways beside the railway embankments between Briarfield Road, Southlea Road, Westcroft Road, Brayside Road and Fog Lane, which have all been cleared of rubbish and had shrubs and weeds cut back, following action from the Lib Dems.Other recent action includes: improvements to the bus stop improved on Fog Lane, near Burnage Station, graffiti reported on Westdale Gardens, Blocked Drains cleared on Mauldeth Road, and dumped fridges removed from Cringle Fields.
Manchester must be able to keep the TIF money
December 18th, 2008 by johncameron
In the wake of the overwhelming ‘no’ vote in today’s congestion charge referendum, Withington MP John Leech has called on the government to ensure that Manchester is not stripped of the money that had been earmarked for the city if the vote had been successful.Until now, the Prime Minister has refused to be drawn on what would happen to the money in the event of a no vote, even when challenged directly by Mr Leech in the House of Commons, but Mr Leech is now demanding that Manchester should not be punished for rejecting the government’s scheme.
Mr Leech said:
‘The people of Greater Manchester have spoken and have emphatically rejected the government’s prescriptive proposals. But that doesn’t mean that they should now be punished by having the money taken away from Manchester.’
‘Gordon Brown must ring fence the money for Greater Manchester and we must still be given the chance to improve the region’s public transport. If the government’s half of the money was there on the table this morning, it should to be there tonight too.’
Change To Our Advice Surgeries
December 18th, 2008 by johncameron
Burnage Ward’s three Liberal Democrat Councillors, Iain Donaldson, John Cameron and Rod Isherwood, have announced a change of venue for one of their two regular weekly advice surgeries.The Councillors hold advice surgeries every Monday evening (except public holidays) between 6pm and 7pm. These surgeries will be held at St Margaret’s Church Hall from the beginning of January 2009. St Margaret’s is opposite Burnage Community Centre.Burnage Ward’s Councillors also hold an advice surgery every Saturday between 12.30 and 1.30pm at Christ Church Hall, at the corner of Parrs Wood Road and Fog Lane. There is no change to the Saturday surgery.
The advice surgeries are free and are open to all residents of Burnage Ward, which covers Burnage and parts of Withington and Didsbury. They are run on a first come, first served basis and no appointment is necessary. The Councillors provide help and advice on problems with Council and other services.
Councillor John Cameron said:
“We see our regular advice surgeries as an important way for local people to get in touch with us. We thank Burnage Community Centre for generously hosting our Monday evening surgeries for the past few years. The Community Centre is going from strength to strength and we are glad that so many activities are now going on there, even though this has made it a little over crowded on Mondays! However, our new Monday night venue at the new St Margaret’s Church Hall will provide a convenient and comfortable place for residents to come and see us.”
