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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
2011 Borough News Stories:
December 23
- • Twickenham Station development: '˜scandalous lost opportunity'
- • Tory '˜scrooge' refuses to pay home care workers a living wage
- • Homelessness fear in countdown to New Year housing benefit cuts
- • True quizzed on Teddington Hospital
December 20
December 12
December 10
- • Decision time for the Twickenham station scheme
- • Tories plan 500% increase in fee for disabled parking badge
- • Richmond Council treats older people as second class citizens
- • Lib Dems win council backing for Whitton bus route campaign
- • Lib Dems call for home care improvements
December 2
December 1
- • Roger Crouch on the Feltham by-election
- • Feltham and Heston by-election: come and help Lib Dems' Roger Crouch make an impact today!
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November 28
November 26
- • What to do with the Clifden road site: A message from Vince Cable
- • Council told to think again about absurd ˜villages
- • Tiny free schools will be disaster
- • Tories plan £3 million cuts to fund school 6th forms
- • Tory Council scraps affordable housing in favour of new multi-storey car park in Twickenham
November 25
- • Council heads for £3.9 million budget surplus as services axed
- • Cable on Economic Growth and Employment`
November 24
November 19
- • My haven: Where does Business Secretary, Vince Cable escape the pressures of office? In the library at his London home
- • Brian Paddick holds Bushy Park talks
November 15
November 10
November 8
- • Tories frustrate 20 mph zones
- • New homes MUST be affordable
- • First Priority: Inclusive Secondary School
- • School starts four months late
- • Cuts Too Far: Conservative-run council hoards millions whilst cutting services for young and old
November 2, 2011
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October 31, 2011
- • Sheltered housing budgets under threat
- • Lib Dem affordable housing schemes see 216 new homes handed over
- • Fresh veg off the menu at Council day care centres?
October 20
October 19
October 17
- • Lib Dems call extraordinary council meeting to press for consultation on new school
- • Tories ignore public outcry over Heatham House sell off
- • Secondary schools should maintain links with the council - Eady
October 13
October 10
October 7
- • Thirty children will not be able to start at Orleans Infant School, in St Margaret's, until January [RTT]
- • Lib Dems challenge Richmond's support for ˜Thames Tunnel Commission'
- • Tories frustrate 20 mph limits - Elloy
- • Council uses 340 temps whilst making council staff redundant
- • Tory secondary school policies don't add up - Eady
October 6
October 5
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September 24
September 17
- • The new school for Twickenham: What happens next?
- • Call for consultation on new Twickenham secondary school
September 16
September 12
- • The Inclusive Schools Petition: the Liberal Democrat response
- • Council meeting Sept 13 to be broadcast
September 5
- • New Lib Dem social housing delivered
- • Council should fund 100 % affordable housing at Twickenham Station
- • Call for 20 mph zones to save lives
- • Tories hold up Richmond Station forecourt improvements for 18 months
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August 27
August 25
August 24
August 12
- • Purchase of Clifden Road site site for the provision of school places [Council minute, July 21]
- • Eady: The lack of a co-ordinated approach on schools is worrying parents [letter to the RTT]
August 6
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July 23
- • Mayor leaves gaps in borough's Countdown Network
- • Local charities under threat as council moves from grants to contracts
- • Twickenham Station plans should be rejected due to lack of affordable housing
- • New Cabinet Member in a muddle on 20 mph schemes
- • Where's Whitton's Youth Cafe?
July 18
• • A new community secondary school on the Clifden Road site must be the first priority, says Cllr Malcolm Eady . .
July 9
- • Young people face summer without careers advice as Connexions Service axed
- • Tory leader snubs deputy after affordable housing gaffe
- • Tories fail to deliver promised youth facilities
- • Council Leader fails to allay Heatham House fears - sign the petition now!
July 7
July 6
- • Young people invited to have their say about the future of Twickenham - and Heatham House
- • Knight: Stalling on Thames sewage is not an option
July 5
July 4
- • The Twickenham Station Scheme: The June Letter to Solum
- • Cllr Stephen Knight speaks out on housing benefit cuts and banking reform
July 2
• Public meeting to discuss Twickenham station plan
July 1
• Munira Wilson selected to fight the SW London Assembly seat
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• Jun 25
• Avenue Centre sell-off: lost opportunity for school expansion
• Save Heatham House youth club
• Council admits £4.5 million surplus - and cuts children's services
• Robbing schools to pay the dustman
• Keep cows on Petersham Meadows
• Jun 23
Twickenham Station (2nd application for 115 residential units): SUSPENDED!
June 10
- • Richmond Park and North Kingston MP Zac Goldsmith's seat "threatened" by Tory constituency reforms
- • School to start four months late for St Margaret's pupils
June 9
Jun 10 Cllr Samuel wrong - affordable housing IS high priority
June 4
June 2
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May 22
- • Teddington School: lasting legacy of Lib Dem investment
- • Tory council hit motorists
- • Lib Dems urge filming of scrutiny meetings
- • New Kings Field skate park: legacy of Lib Dem investment
- • More plans, but little action
- • Tories to turn Richmond into ˜Ryanair Council
- • Lib Dem research shows new secondary school needed by 2015
May 21
May 19
May 18
May 16
May 7
- • Richmond Council to scrap allotment and cemetery subsidies to raise £3m in revenue
- • The modest prophet: York Membery interviews Vince Cable at home
May 5
May 1
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April 17
- • Tory parking scheme collapses in expensive shambles
- • Lib Dems call for scrutiny of NHS funds transferring to Council
- • Council inaction exacerbates primary school place shortage
- • All-in-one survey failed to capture views of working families
- • Tory Council hires Catholic agency to counsel the borough's teenagers
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April 2
- • Tories proceed with care cuts despite millions in new money
- • Kingston Hospital staff cuts - Lib Dem councillors demand answers
- • Tories scrap climate change strategy at London's greenest council
- • Mystery of Whitton's High Street improvements
- • Tory traffic policy puts speed before safety
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March 13
• ˜Hard-up council heading for £2.5 million surplus
• Council using ˜timeshare sales tactics to push local schools into Academy status
• Tangley Hall closure - Council spends £169,000 to save £134,000
• ˜Uplift will be all spin and no substance without investment
• Heathfield Ward councillor votes against library
• Redundancy notices issued to day centre staff before Council debated closure
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February 5
• Tories urged to help force rethink on closure of Tangley dementia centre
• Food waste recycling bags no longer available from libraries
• Campaigners head to Heathfield for national ˜Save Our Libraries Day
February 3
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January 27
• Heathfield Library Consultation
January 25
• Day Centres to close: Tories Break Pre-Election Promises By Refusing To Listen To Public Outcry
January 22
• Schools urged to debate and reject Tory plans for education
• Council must act against unauthorised demolition of protected Victorian house
• Tories spend another £150,000 on consultants
• Barnes Hospital under threat of closure
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