Residents in Astwood have been troubled by Ragwort. The Liberal Democrat Milton Keynes Council have agreed to include it in their clearance programme this year. Sam Potts is carrying out a survey in Chicheley to deal with car speed in the village Thank you to the residents of Emberton who contacted Sam about the broken [...]
Many local people used the Shell Garage to fill up with petrol. The application to develop the Shell Garage into an urban leisure plaza was opposed by Lib Dem Sam Potts and the Lathbury Parish Meeting who unanimously backed him in opposing this application. The decision was deferred twice but despite best efforts has now [...]
Councillor Sam Potts has persuaded Milton Keynes Council to commission an independent report into the flooding at Stoke Goldington. The Liberal Democrat budget proposals include spending £75,000 to tackle flooding issues. Sam has done a great job on this for local people. Amazingly this proposal has been rejected by the Conservatives, who may make cheap [...]
In the last two years crime in the villages has been going up: Distraction Burglaries, Burglaries, Armed Robbery, Violent Assaults, Lead stolen from church roofs, yet the number of police in the villages seems to remain the same. Local Liberal Democrat Councillor Sam Potts is putting pressure on the police to provide more police in [...]
Just one day after the Council’s Development Control Committee had voted 6-5 in favour of granting permission for a wind farm at Petsoe, the decision was put on hold after it was discovered that there was a rarely-used rule in the council’s constitution that allowed decisions of the Development Control Committee to be referred back [...]
The Council’s Lib Dem administration has once again kept its pledge not to increase council tax above inflation. It is currently consulting local people about its budget and its proposed council tax increase of 3.9%. Council tax in Milton Keynes is well below the national average. A 3.9% increase matches the cost of inflation rise [...]
The Carbon Trust, a Government-backed climate change charity, recognised the achievements of the Liberal Democrat Council in cutting energy use and carbon emissions at schools, libraries and other council owned buildings by awarding it membership of the Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme. The scheme recognises the achievements in reducing energy by businesses and organisations in industry, [...]
Congratulations from the Lib Dem team in Sherington Ward to the new Leader of the Liberal Democrats - Nick Clegg MP Nick Clegg has set out his priorities in a message to Sherington and District residents: “I am greatly honoured to have been chosen by my fellow party members to be the new Leader of the [...]
Parking outside schools on the zig zag markings is currently dealt with by the police, but Lib Dem run MK Council want to see better enforcement, so new Traffic Regulation Orders are to be made which will enable the Council’s parking contractor, NCP, to issue tickets to motorists who park on the zig zag marks [...]
The Lib Dem run Milton Keynes Council has announced that it has no plans to introduce a ‘pay as you throw’ scheme following a recent announcement by the Labour Government to allow Local Councils to directly charge for rubbish collections. Sherington Ward Councillor Sam Potts says: “We don’t see the need for the scheme in [...]
