Sherington Ward Councillor Sam Potts has been chosen by pupils of Milton Keynes Schools as their “Champion Councillor”. Sam was up against four other Milton Keynes Borough Councillors and won the contest after answering tough questions from pupils from all over Milton Keynes. Sam says: “It goes to show that young people are interested in [...]
Schools in Milton Keynes are continuing to show ‘rapid improvement’ as thousands of students are celebrating passing their GCSE exams. The number of students achieving at least five GCSE or equivalent at A* to C has rapidly improved at nearly 70 per cent – up from just over 52 per cent in 2007. While in [...]
Milton Keynes Council has informed the government that they do not want to increase the amount of gravel and sand extracted in the borough and have rejected the South East Minerals Plan proposal for an extra 120,000 tonnes each year. Local Councillor Sam Potts says: “These materials are found mainly alongside our river beds, and [...]
Liberal Democrat run Milton Keynes Council have now finalised negotiations with the local swimming pools and now people over 60 will be entitled to free swimming plus those who are 16 and under. Cllr. Sam Potts who is the youngest councillor on Milton Keynes Council says “I am delighted with the news for young people [...]
Cllr Sam Potts has congratulated North Crawley Youth Group who have secured over £30,000 of grant money to pay for a Multi-User Games Unit. The proposal is that the unit will be on the Rec and will have 5-aside football, netball and other games that can be played in the area. As the unit is [...]
Cllr. Sam Potts and Lib Dem Shadow MPJill Hope have endorsed national Lib Dem plans to support rural communities. These include cutting 50% of road tax in rural areas and campaigning for lower fuel taxes. Sam Says “Both Labour and the previous Conservative governments have hit rural communities time and time again – We need a [...]
Young people in Milton Keynes have a chance to try out kayaking, sailing, raftbuilding, fencing, archery, caving and wall-climbing this summer as Milton Keynes Youth Service offers these exciting activities for 13-19 year olds for only £5 a day. Developed by the Youth Service to widen out the options for hundreds of young people over [...]
From Monday 6th July Milton Keynes Liberal Democrat Council is abolishing the 35 pence flat fare that holders of 60+ and disabled persons bus passes currently have to pay for travel before 9:30am on Mondays to Fridays within the borough. This means that 60+ and disabled person bus pass holders will be able to travel [...]
A new service from the Liberal Democrat run MK Council will see the first deliveries of food and garden waste wheeled bins to our villages in August, with the first collections starting in September. The bins will be delivered over a four week period. By the end of this summer, all suitable properties will have [...]
Milton Keynes and surrounding villages are part of the South East Euro Constituency, and on 4th. June they elected two Liberal Democrat MEPS,Sharon Bowles and Catherine Bearder. The election saw Labour being pushed in fourth place behind the Lib Dems, UKIP and the Conservatives. Lib Dem Shadow MP Jill Hope says: “I am absolutely delighted with the result, [...]
