Following a recent fatal accident and numerous other serious accidents in the last few years, two local councillors are demanding road safety improvements on a dangerous stretch of the A5209 in Lathom and Newburgh.
County Councillor David Westley and Borough Councillor Eddie Pope who both represent
LCC's Labour Administration has been condemned for waiting until 8pm on Friday before a Bank Holiday to release a 1468 page report that sets out which local libraries and children's centres are to close later this year. The Labour Cabinet is set to ratify the proposals this Thursday.
Conservative Leader, Cllr David Westley, said: "The Conservative Group is bitterly disappointed with the Planning Inspector's decision to allow on appeal one of the two Applications that had been refused by the Council's Planning Committee.
Engines roared for the magnificent Ormskirk MotorFest once again and around 30,000 visited throughout the day to enjoy the fantastic annual extravaganza.
Around 300 marvellous cars and motorcycles covering over a century of motoring and automotive heritage and history were on wonderful displays in
We are a group of Conservative Lancashire County Councillors who are calling on County Council Leader Jennifer Mein and her Labour Party colleagues to halt the drastic cuts that they are making to services which matter to the people of Lancashire.
So far County Councillor Mein and her Labour collea
Residents and organisations in West Lancashire are being invited to give their views on the Borough Council’s proposals for savings, efficiencies and increases in income totalling more than £750,000 in the General Revenue Budget.
Service users and residents, along with local organisations and businesses, can give their views through your views. Comments can also be submitted by letter and email.
The closing date is 4 September and the Council will make final decisions in October for implementation in 2017/18.
The main proposals are:
•Introducing an annual charge of £30 to collect garden waste
•Ceasing garden waste collections during the winter
•Modest reductions in the number of CCTV cameras in areas with lower crime rates and in live monitoring in off peak periods
•A review of street cleaning work
•A new approach to public toilets provision
Cllr Chris Wynn, portfolio holder for finance, said: “It is important that people take the opportunity to give their views on these proposals so the Council can take them into account before final decisions are made. Earlier this year we carried out a survey to gather views on spending priorities and satisfaction with services, and these proposals have been informed by those results.”
The Council is seeking views from individuals and organisations and is working with West Lancashire CVS to contact local voluntary and community groups, businesses, and other organisations to invite them to take part. However, it is stressed that the consultation is open to all. Any organisation can complete the survey and all residents can take part. Paper copies of the surveys can be provided if requested.
Council tenants are also being consulted on over £6 million savings between 2017/18 and 2019/20. (See press release 2016/130)
Further information
For 2017/18, the Council needs to save around £1.44 million from the general revenue budget. Measures totalling around £570,000 that will not impact on residents have already been identified, including increased income from fees; renegotiating of a transport contract; ceasing provision of broadband to councillors’ homes; and ensuring that we get all the income due from council tax and business rates.
West Lancashire Borough Council tenants are to be consulted on a range of proposed savings, efficiencies and increases in income in the housing budget totalling more than £6 million over the next 3 years.
Yes, it is true but don't get upset as it was not one of our feathered friends. Rather, it was Cllr Adrian Owens, the sole member the OWL Party, and involves a Motion he has put forward for consideration by West Lancashire Borough Council for councillors' attendance to be posted on the Council's noticeboard.
The Conservative Group is highly critical of Labour's Budget Proposals due to be discussed at this week's Full Council Meeting. The proposals are poorly thought out, represent unnecessary cuts in important frontline services and the new charges mean residents will be paying more for less. The proposals include: 1.75% increase in Council TaxNew £30 pa charge for a reduced Green Waste Collection of 38 weeks Public Toilets to be closed10 CCTV cameras to be scrapped and reduction in live monitoringStreet Sweeping and Grass Cutting to be reducedBuilding Control to be allowed to continue to lose £100k a year
"I have just been to Buckingham Palace, where Her Majesty the Queen has asked me to form a new Government. And I accepted. In David Cameron, I follow in the footsteps of a great, modern Prime Minister.
