South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats have welcomed today’s announcement by the Coalition Government that South Gloucestershire will receive an extra £607,000 towards repairing local potholes. This new funding is in addition to the £479,000 announced in May to help repair damage caused by the winter weather. This means that, in total, South Gloucestershire will receive an […]

Local residents and Lib Dem councillors were celebrating victory on Wednesday night after proposals to scrap the subsidised 967 school bus service were defeated. Councillors on South Gloucestershire Council’s Planning, Transport and Strategic Environment Committee voted unanimously to back a motion, proposed by Lib Dem Councillor Pat Hockey, to keep the 967 service along with […]

Local Liberal Democrat campaigners are celebrating after South Gloucestershire councillors voted to introduce a direct bus service from Chipping Sodbury to Southmead Hospital. The service is an extension of the 82 service that currently runs from Yate to Southmead. The extended route was approved by councillors yesterday after a motion was proposed by Lib Dem […]

In a debate on the green waste collection charge last night, Tory councillors yet again failed to come up with a fully costed alternative to the charge.  Last September, the Tories claimed they could “save millions” by collecting bins from early in the morning until as late as 10 o’clock at night. But officers have […]

  Shock new figures have shown that Tory waste proposals on South Gloucestershire would have cost taxpayers MORE money – whilst inconveniencing residents. In 2013, Cllr James Hunt, the then head Tory on waste, told the press he could “save millions” by collecting bins as late as 10 o’clock at night. But council officers have […]

South Gloucestershire’s new green waste collection programme has proved far more successful than predicted – and far sooner than thought. The Communities Committee made the changes to the service to meet a £1m savings target – which would have needed 22,500 households to sign up. Figures now show that nearly 30,000 households have paid to […]

Tory MP Chris Skidmore presented a petition to South Gloucestershire’s powerful Policy & Resources committee on Monday 7th April, asking them to reconsider the £36 annual charge for green bins. Lib Dem Cllr Ruth Davis, who chaired the meeting said: “We referred this for debate at the earliest possible appropriate meeting – the Communities committee […]

South Glos conservatives astonished residents on Wednesday night, when they refused to vote on freezing green bin charges. Liberal Democrat Cllr Ruth Davis proposed that the fees be frozen until at least 2016/17, to encourage people to use the service. When the vote was taken, all six lib Dem and Labour members voted in favour. […]

Local libraries will have extra computers thanks to the Lib Dems on South Gloucestershire Council. At this evening’s full council meeting, members approved a £67 million programme of capital spending. The Liberal Democrats proposed using £10k to buy additional computers for Yate, Patchway, Staple Hill, Cadbury Heath and Filton libraries. Liberal Democrat leader Ruth Davis […]

South Gloucestershire Council took a step towards approving its capital programme on Monday 3rd March when the Resources subcommittee recommended the programme to full council. The programme deals with some £67m of spending in 2014/15 and 15/16, on major projects – like solar farms, schools energy saving, and rolling out LED street lightning. Other schemes […]