A ‘Grave mistake’ has been made by the Conservatives in Milton Keynes. Thats the claim from City Liberal Democrats today. Local Liberal Democrats uncovered hidden charges from the Conservative Council’s budget which specifically targets stillborn babies and children under 16yrs who die, they are set to face a 40.63% increase in Burials and Cremations which [...]

“Is the Conservative group who run Milton Keynes Council being totally honest with taxpayers?” thats the question they face from Liberal Democrats this evening. It’s after a Lib Dem Councillors realised part of the consultation documents on the Councils website have been missing for months and had been separated from the original Cabinet report. Annex [...]
All residents will by now have received their annual rolls of pink and black sacks. Local Liberal Democrat Councillor Sam Potts said, “Its great that free pink sacks are readily available across the borough and, with so many materials now accepted in the Lib Dem council’s recycling scheme, the need to use black sacks for [...]

The UK Payments Council announced on Tuesday 12 July that they are to reverse their decision to scrap cheques by 2018 and continue their use for as long as customers need them. Cheques remain an extremely popular way to pay for millions of people across the UK. Over a billion transactions were made by cheque last year [...]
“Bags not Paperwork” were the calls from Liberal Democrats last night, Milton Keynes free Pink sacks were nowhere to be seen across Milton Keynes as Libraries and Council offices have been depleted of stocks for since the Conservatives took control of Milton Keynes Council in May. Recycling was at 60% in some areas under the [...]

After huge confusion on postal votes the end result for Sherington Ward is : Sam Potts, Liberal Democrat Focus Team – 682 Conservative – 1082 Labour – 131 UKIP – 109 Sam Potts, said “”I am disappointed not to be re-elected, but I leave office with Sherington Ward in a lot better state than when [...]

The result for Sherington ward looks like it will be close with Sam defending a majority of 9 votes – every vote really does count. Polling stations are now open and will be until 10pm, if you have not returned your postal vote you can pop it into any of the polling stations. ENDS

Milton Keynes Registration Service that is responsible for registering births, deaths and marriages is performing to a good overall standard, according to an Identity and Passport Service review. The review states that the service, which is now part of Milton Keynes Council, has performed well against the national standards of the Good Practice Guide, and [...]

Milton Keynes Council has become the first local authority in the country to join a new national scheme that supports schools to raise children and young people’s aspirations, drive healthy behaviour change and improve learning. Twenty-five schools in the borough have signed up to Schools4Life, which was launched locally at Queen Eleanor School on Thursday [...]

A new ‘mystery shopper’ service – whereby people with learning disabilities give city stores a user friendly rating – will be launched in Milton Keynes in the Spring. The Approved scheme is run by registered charity Talkback, a voluntary organisation which is there for anyone with a learning disability and operates in Bucks, MK, Reading [...]