In the light of the closure or threat of closure to a number of Post Offices across Shepway, local Lib Dem Peter Carroll has written to the Post Office regulator PostWatch. Offices affected include Sandgate, Horn Street and the Park Road Office in Hythe.
Local Lib Dem campaigner Peter Carroll has written to the Manager of Folkestone Sports Centre asking if the womens only swimming sessions at the Folkestone Swimming Pool can be continued through the school holidays. Currently, these special sessions are withdrawn during school vacations. The letter is in response to a request from a number of local lady swimmers who think it is unfair that the service is suspended.
Post Offices in Sandgate and Horn Street are the latest to face closure in our area. Hundreds of local people will be affected by the closures.
Popular local tourist attraction, the Leas Lift, has been saved from closure by the new Lib Dem Council.
Health has been in the news this week. The NHS waiting list is back to over 1 Million. We now have 250,000 managers and administrators in the NHS. That figure is more than the total number of doctors and nurses! The Government keeps piling on extra targets and launching new initiatives. Each new target and initiative needs to be measured so there is relentless recruitment of yet more managers to do the measuring. The Government is spending more on the NHS but we are not getting the benefit where it really counts, in getting people the care they need when they need it.
Council Finances Left In Chaos By Conservative Council
Senior Lib Dem Councillors are set to opt for a PAY CUT to put more money into local services. This is despite the Independent body that recommends the levels of allowances proposing a big rise in allowances this year.
Record 30% Share of Vote In Local Elections
The Liberal Democrats are celebrating winning control of Shepway Council and sweeping gains across the whole area. The new composition of Shepway Council following the 1st May elections is Liberal Democrat 29, Conservative 16, Labour 1.
Lib Dem campaigners Gill Jenkins and Janet Andrews are urging people to use their local Post Offices.
It has been revealed that Tory run Shepway District Council has more meetings than any other Council in Kent. In fact the Council has as many meetings as three other local authorities put together!
The local Labour Party has only been able to field just 21 candidates to fight the 46 seats on Shepway Council. Both the Lib Dems and the Tories are fighting every seat.
