Lib Dems call for rethink on Council’s Finance Plans
Liberal Democrat Councillors have called on Hinckley & Bosworth's
25 Jan 2016
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Lib Dems call for Barwell Post Office to be saved
Liberal Democrats in Barwell are calling on residents to have their say in a consultation on the future of the village's High Street Post Office.
25 Jan 2016
Conservatives' Inflation-busting Council Tax rise condemned
Reacting to the news that Hinckley and Bosworth's Conservative administration intends to increase the Council Tax by 4.5%, Lib Dem Opposition Leader Cllr Stuart Bray (Lib Dem, Hinckley Castle) said: "We will be opposing this inflation-busting rise. During the last Lib Dem administration we froze Council Tax for 5 consecutive years, protected front-line services and put money away for a rainy day. After less than a year the Tories have already made a mess of it. "The last Conservative administration hiked up Council Tax and other charges and it's happening all over again. The last Lib Dem Council set in place new ways for the Council to make money on land it proposed to sell off, if the Conservatives had continued that at the pace we had intended then it was very likely that no increase would have been necessary again this year." This is on top of the new that Tory-controlled Leicestershire County Council is also increasing their share of the Council Tax by 4% too. Lib Dem Finance Spokesman C
15 Jan 2016
Author backs campaign to save Barwell Library
Local author Stewart Bint has thrown his support behind a campaign to save a threatened local Library.
11 Dec 2015
Residents urged to add names to campaign to save local Fire Services
Residents in Hinckley and Bosworth are being urged to add their names to a petition being run opposing plans to cut local Fire Services. Controversial plans from Conservative led Leicestershire Fire Authority include proposals to close fire stations, the sacking of over 100 firefighters and scrapping of eleven out of thirty Fire engines.
1 Dec 2015
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You can sign the petition to stop the cutbacks to our local Fire Services here http://bosworthlibdems.org.uk/en/petition/save-leicestershire-s-fire-service-petition
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