Proposals to help increase the levels of reuse, recycling and composting to over 50 per cent and make York the ‘greenest’ city in the North have been given the go-ahead this week. To support this ambition, the Executive Member for the Environment agreed at a Decision Session that the council should now explore a number […]

York Liberal Democrats have launched a petition opposing plans by the Conservative Government to cut local police funding. The Government is expected to slash the Home Office budget in this month’s Comprehensive Spending Review and is also consulting on changes to the ‘Police Funding Formula’. The North Yorkshire Police Federation has warned that the budget […]

New waste and recycling calendars for 2015/16 are hitting doormats across York. The calendar, which started being delivered last week, outlines when collections are taking place between November 2015 and October 2016, including collections over the Christmas and New Year period. Liberal Democrat Executive Member for the Environment Cllr Andrew Waller (pictured) brought forward plans earlier this year […]

It is very disappointing that First York has decided to withdraw the number 13 bus service from Copmanthorpe, despite the protests of local bus users. It seems that since they reduced the frequency of buses by half, they have been unable to compete with Coastliner at non-peak times. The service has now been taken over […]

Residents are set to benefit from two additional garden waste collections this winter as well as improved recycling collections over Christmas, following approval at a public decision session yesterday chaired by Cllr Andrew Waller. Households which receive garden waste collections across the city will benefit from two additional collections in November. In addition to this, […]

Details of how much local communities will have to spend through new Ward Committees have been confirmed as part of plans brought forward by the Liberal Democrat-Conservative Executive. The proposals, which are opposed by the Labour Group, will see Ward Committees given an allocation of a £925,000 budget to fund projects such as street clean-ups […]

Plans to re-introduce two winter green bin collections, and improve recycling collections over Christmas will be discussed on August 10th by Liberal Democrat Executive Member Cllr Andrew Waller. In its Emergency Budget the new Lib Dem-Conservative Executive confirmed that it would reverse plans to charge for the first green bin per house – built into […]

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 […]

The Council has confirmed its list of planned road resurfacing work for 2015/16. This will see roads across York receive much needed improvement works. These resurfacing works will improve the standard of the city’s roads. Smoother road surfaces will reduce wear and tear on vehicles, reduce fuel consumption and reduce carbon emissions. The Liberal Democrat […]

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 […]