http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats en-GB Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats 2010-03-11T13:07+00:00 United Kingdom http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000327/lib_dem_county_budget_proposals__a_balance_between_services_and_council_tax.html In their amendments to the Cabinet budget to be presented to Council tomorrow, the Liberal Democrat opposition have struck a balance between additional spending on frontline services and reducing the increase in Council Tax. 2010-02-08T13:27+00:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000326/bus_pass_confusion_set_to_continue.html A suggestion by Liberal Democrats in a motion yesterday at full Council to rationalise the use of free bus travel passes by elderly people across the county was turned down flat by the Conservatives. 2010-01-13T17:31+00:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000324/public_spending__cut_bureaucracy_not_front_line_say_lib_dems.html There are almost constant announcements of more public spending cuts at County Hall. Cllr Zoe Patrick, Leader of the Opposition, said today: 2009-12-14T15:26+00:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000323/young_people_speak_out.html Three young people from the Sweatbox Union Youth Forum met with their local Lib Dem Councillors, Zoe Patrick and Jenny Hannaby, yesterday at County Hall. The young people were speaking at the Children's Services Scrutiny Committee against the proposed cuts in youth work funding, which the Conservative controlled County Council is considering as part of its budget setting exercise. 2009-12-09T16:32+00:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000322/lib_dems_call_on_cameron_for_transparency.html Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats have written to the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Leader of the Conservative Party, asking him for transparency on Conservative policies on climate change, in advance of the Copenhagen summit. 2009-12-03T16:15+00:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000320/no_action_to_save_tax_payer_money_and_tackle_climate_change.html Saving tax payers' money and tackling climate change has been rejected by Conservative run Oxfordshire County Council. 2009-11-05T11:41+00:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000319/poor_die_younger_in_county__lib_dems_call_for_action.html Ten areas of the county feature in the national top 10% for child poverty and in some areas of Oxfordshire people are living 15 years less than in better off communities. 2009-11-04T15:02+00:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000318/st_aldates_congestion_causes_concern.html As warned by the Lib Dems at the time, the moving of the bus stops from Queen Street has caused extra congestion on St Aldates. Cllr Alan Armitage, who will be putting a motion to the Council meeting next week, said that he had noticed that cyclists were having a hard time overtaking stationary buses and that pedestrians were having to step into the road to pass long queues of people at bus stops. Pembroke Square is a particular hazardous point. 2009-10-30T12:31+00:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000317/lib_dem_concern_at_job_losses.html Lib Dems today expressed concern at the news of threatened job losses in ICT at County Hall, which might lead to strike action. 2009-10-29T15:50+00:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000316/putting_climate_change_back_on_the_agenda.html At a time when climate change is high on the world's agenda with the Copenhagen Summit in view, and following Liberal Democrat action on the environment in Parliament, Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats are calling on the County Council to increase their efforts to reduce greenhouse gases in a motion going to the Council meeting next week. Noting that the Council's own targets appear to be stalling, Lib Dem Councillors will ask the Cabinet to urgently find better ways to manage carbon output, such as drawing up incentive schemes to encourage better energy use in buildings and services that are failing to meet the targets and planting more trees to absorb CO2 on its own land. As an interim measure, the Lib Dems are also asking the Council to sign up to the 10:10 campaign - to cut CO2 by10% by 2010. 2009-10-28T16:26+00:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000315/county_being_left_in_the_dark.html Cllr Zoé Patrick, Leader of the Opposition at Oxfordshire County Council, will be asking the Cabinet Member responsible for Street Lighting why the County Council does not have a proper Service Level Agreement with the electricity companies who fix broken street lights. An Agreement will set out timescales for repairing faults and not leave it to the companies' discretion. 2009-10-28T14:44+00:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000314/sutton_courtenay__ardley_incinerator_proposals_turned_down_by_county_council_planning_committee.html Planning application from two waste companies to build an Energy-from-Waste plant close to Sutton Courtenay and Ardley villages has been refused by Oxfordshire county council's planning committee, on Monday. 2009-10-20T10:30+01:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000313/oxford_school__academy_proposal_badly_handled_and_we_should_be_consulting_on_all_options.html Cllr Altaf-Khan today raised a number of concerns about the proposal to carry out a feasibility study into making Oxford School into an academy. 2009-09-15T16:36+01:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000312/local_transport_plan__emphasis_needs_to_be_on_railways_and_rural_areas.html Speaking at today's Cabinet meeting Cllr Anne Purse, the Lib Dem Shadow Cabinet member for Growth & Infrastructure generally welcomed the plan being developed for transport in Oxfordshire until 2030. In particular she welcomed its emphasis on environmental issues and promoting cycling and walking. 2009-09-15T16:35+01:00 http://oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk/news/000311/locals_listened_to__at_last.html Cllr Zoé Patrick, one of the County Councillors for Grove & Wantage, today welcomed the County Cabinet's decision to plan for a new secondary school in Grove to cater for 1200 pupils and to include a sixth form. Two years earlier she had argued for this, but the County had at that time decided on an option of a smaller school of 600, minus sixth form. 2009-09-15T16:00+01:00