http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Oxford East Liberal Democrats en-GB Oxford East Liberal Democrats http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Oxford East Liberal Democrats 2008-11-21T10:30+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000103/barton_subway.html Local Lib Dem Councillors have raised residents' concerns about Barton subway by reporting faulty street lights to the County Council, several times over several weeks. Action now appears imminent after the story appeared in the Oxford Mail. 2008-11-12T00:00+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000101/goddard_slams_scandal_of_oxford_children_hospitalised_for_booze.html A child under 10 is admitted to A&E because of alcohol every 72 hours, according to figures revealed by the Liberal Democrats. The party highlighted the figures as part of the launch of their strategy to tackle underage and binge drinking. The information, contained in a Parliamentary answer, also showed in the last five years: 2008-11-11T15:33+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000102/labour_plan_new_waste_collection_charges.html Liberal Democrats on Oxford City Council have condemned Labour proposals to charge for collecting bulky items and garden waste - proposals which could cost households the equivalent of more than a pound a week on Council Tax. 2008-11-11T10:52+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000097/labour_decides_to_halt_oxfords_recycling_revolution.html Oxford's former Lib Dem administration doubled the recycling rate in Oxford in the two years up to May of this year, achieving around 40% in some months. The minority Labour administration which took over in May has allowed things to slide relentlessly backwards, and has now decided to scrap a weekly food waste collection pilot which the Lib Dems had built into the Council's budget. 2008-11-07T10:42+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000098/dont_cut_our_city_in_two_say_oxford_lib_dems.html Lib Dem councillors in Oxford have welcomed the county council's plans to extend pedestrianisation in the city centre, but have objected strongly to the possibility that everybody travelling by bus into the city centre from east Oxford will be forced to change at least once. "This could cut the city in two," said group leader Cllr David Rundle, "and stop many people from the east of the city bothering to travel into the city centre." 2008-11-05T00:24+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000099/councils_plan_to_cut_emissions_by_a_quarter_wins_award_from_carbon_trust.html As a result of initiatives by the former Lib Dem administration of Oxford City Council, the council was recently presented with a Carbon Trust award, given in recognition of the work that the council is doing to reduce its carbon emissions by a quarter by March 2011 and then by 3% each year. 2008-10-26T17:18+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000100/lib_dem_councillor_launches_waterwatch_oxford.html Following recurring problems with stinking public waterways and raw sewage in the streets of Oxford, Cllr Ruth Wilkinson has set up a campaign website (http://campaigns.libdems.org.uk/waterwatchoxford) which residents from all over Oxford can use to report the problems they have had with Thames Water. 2008-10-19T21:27+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000096/lib_dem_councillor_launches_waterwatch_oxford.html Following recurring problems with stinking public waterways and raw sewage in the streets of Oxford, Cllr Ruth Wilkinson has set up a campaign website (http://campaigns.libdems.org.uk/waterwatchoxford) which residents from all over Oxford can use to report the problems they have had with Thames Water. 2008-10-19T00:00+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000095/goddard_mucks_in_at_local_nature_reserve.html Oxford East Lib Dem campaigner Steve Goddard and several colleagues recently visited Oxford's Boundary Brook Nature Reserve as part of the nationwide Big Tidy-up. They spent a morning working to clear up the reserve before winter sets in, and were given a tour of this green space in the heart of the city. Steve said: 2008-09-30T00:00+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000094/local_dismay_at_labour_uturn_on_cowley_marsh_skatepark.html Local people in Cowley Marsh have been shocked and dismayed by a statement from Labour Councillor Bance saying that the Council will not enter into lease negotiations with the Oxford Wheels Project for the skatepark on Cowley Marsh park that was given planning permission by the SAME council earlier this year. Bance cites noise concerns as the reason even though this was comprehensively dealt with at the planning permission stage. Commenting on the news local Lib Dem activist Tony Brett said, 2008-09-01T16:42+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000093/local_dismay_at_bus_route_change.html Local Liberal Democrat County Councillor Roz Smith has spoken of her residents' dismay at changes to the No. 10 bus route, which now no longer serves residents in the Florence Park area. And there was concern that the new route now means buses doing a u-turn on the busy Between Towns Road (B4495) outside the Temple Square shopping centre and right next to one of the busiest pedestrian crossings in Oxford. 2008-06-09T14:41+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000091/oxford_lib_dems_choose_rundle_as_group_leader.html The Liberal Democrat group on Oxford City Council have elected David Rundle, the Headington Councillor and former Deputy leader of the council, as their new group leader. He will be Leader of the Opposition, after Labour's gains from minor parties gave it a plurality of councillors in Oxford City. Elected unanimously, Rundle was nominated for the post by outgoing Leader of the City Council John Goddard. 2008-05-03T12:00+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000092/lib_dems_advance_in_2008_oxford_elections.html The Liberal Democrats have gained seats in the 2008 local elections. The Leader of the city's two Tory councillors was ousted from his Carfax seat by veteran Liberal Democrat Stephen Brown. The Conservatives now have no councillors in Oxford and have not won an election in Oxford City for eight years. In neighbouring Holywell ward, Nathan Pyle took the ward for the Liberal Democrats from the Green party, who are now in decline in Oxford. 2008-05-02T00:00+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000088/oxfords_labour_mp_votes_to_close_city_post_offices__huzzey.html Holywell councillor Richard Huzzey has challenged Labour MP Andrew Smith's vote to axe city post offices in a letter to the Oxford Mail. After posing for the paper's photographer with a readers' petition against the closures, Andrew Smith MP voted for the government cuts. 2008-03-28T00:00+00:00 http://www.oxfordeastlibdems.org.uk/news/000089/changes_to_city_council_impressive_under_lib_dems__independent_audit.html Lib Dem changes at Oxford City Council have won praise from the independent Audit Commission, which assesses the value-for-money of all Councils. After a quarter of a century of Labour mismanagement, they said that the Council was "high cost, low value" for local residents. In their 2008 report - just published - they say that in two years of minority Lib Dem leadership "the pace of change and improvement has been impressive". 2008-03-27T00:00+00:00