At the Council’s December Executive meeting it was agreed to cut council tax for some of the city’s poorest residents and approve a ‘planning framework’ for York Central. Labour introduced a Council Tax Support system in 2013 where everyone, regardless of income, pays at least 30% of their council tax. Under the new plans, the cap will […]

York’s Executive yesterday confirmed that a public consultation on council tax support will begin next week and changes could be brought in as soon as next April. In August Liberal Democrat Executive Member Cllr Carol Runciman announced that a review will take place of the system introduced by Labour in 2013 under which all residents […]

York’s Executive yesterday agreed to launch a new campaign to help communities “list their local” as a way to protect pubs in the city. It was agreed that the council would proactively work with organisations such as York CAMRA on promoting the use of Assets of Community Value (ACV) to protect pubs. Listing pubs as […]

City of York Council is looking to make safety improvements to the junction of Hallcroft Lane and Manor Heath. Approaching from Hallcroft Lane, the junction is not always apparent until it is too late, especially to drivers who are not familiar with the village, meaning they do not stop to give way to traffic in […]

Liberal Democrat Executive Member Cllr Andrew Waller has unveiled plans to increase recycling in York and cut waste being sent to landfill. The Council’s long-term target will be to boost the amount the city’s households recycle by 5,000 tonnes taking recycling rates to over 50% which would save £500,000 in Landfill Tax. Recycling fell from […]

York’s Liberal Democrat-Conservative Executive has given an update on the Local Plan ahead of a report to be discussed this week. The leaders of York’s Executive have said that they want an evidence based focus rather than the over inflated growth ambitions of Labour and a plan which protects York’s Green Belt and reflects the views […]

Liberal Democrat plans to devolve power and budgets to residents through revised Ward Committees will be discussed next week. York’s new Lib Dem-Conservative Executive has outlined proposals to significantly increase the funding for devolved budgets to approaching £1million as part of a new approach to community engagement. Ward Committees will use their allocation to fund […]

Responding to today’s national Budget Cllr Keith Aspden, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group in York, commented: “George Osborne’s budget has a number of positive-sounding headlines, but the details in many cases tell a different story. Hidden amongst the government’s gimmicks and giveaways there are very real cuts such as the abolition of maintenance grants […]

The new Liberal Democrat-Conservative Executive has announced that there will be a review into removing blanket 20mph zones. Cllr Keith Aspden, Deputy Leader of the Council, announced the review at the first Executive meeting saying that officers should investigating the removal of 20mph signs where appropriate, and in consultation with local communities, and investigate the […]

Liberal Democrats have welcomed the news that the number of people travelling by bus in York has hit a new record high, but say more still needs to be done to improve services across the city. According to figures released yesterday by City of York Council, the number of passengers has increased from 14.1 million […]