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Article: Feb 22, 2012Liberal Democrat Councillors have announced their plans to amend the ruling Labour Cabinet's budget plans at the Budget council Meeting on Thursday 23rd Feb. The plans would see over £2m of the cuts Labour have planned for frontline services reversed, paid for by cutting the Labour leader's planned £1m 'Delivery and Innovation Fund' and reducing council borrowing.
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Article: Feb 22, 2012
Liberal Democrat Group Leader Carol Runciman has announced that two cabinet posts will be cut as part of the Liberal Democrat plans for the City of York Council's budget, to be debated on Thursday 23rd February.
The posts, which are held by Labour Councillors, come with an additional allowance of £14,700 on top of the standard allowance given to all Councillors.
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Article: Feb 22, 2012
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Social Inclusion Cllr Nigel Ayre has revealed that the Liberal Democrats will submit plans to reverse the cuts to voluntary sector organisations planned by the City of York Council's Labour Cabinet to the Budget Council meeting on Thursday 23rd February.
Organisations which would see their funding restored under the Liberal Democrat plans include YREN, York Citizens Advice Bureau, York CVS, Older Citizens Advocacy, Relate, SNAPPY (a charity that provides social and recreational opportunities for children and young people with special needs) and the Salvation Army.
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Article: Feb 22, 2012
York Liberal Democrats have announced plans to introduce a minimum 'living wage' of £6.83 per hour for all council workers in their Budget plans. The scheme would see any workers on the council who now earn less than £6.83 per hour moved up to that amount. It would give hundreds of workers a significant boost, in a measure which Lib Dem Group Leader Carol Runciman hopes will attract support across the whole political spectrum.
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Article: Feb 22, 2012
Liberal Democrat Councillors are leading the fight against the Labour Cabinet's proposals to hold vital meetings on key decisions about York's future behind closed doors. Councillor Ian Cuthbertson made clear at Audit and Governance Scrutiny Session last night (13/2/2012) that the Lib Dems would not stand to see the public accountability of the Council wrecked without a fight.
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Article: Feb 22, 2012
Councillors have reacted angrily as it has been revealed that the Labour budget will target 20% cuts at voluntary sector organisations that work with some of York's most vulnerable residents. The revelations became apparent as Lib Dem spokesperson for Social Inclusion Cllr Ayre looked deeper at cuts labelled "review of grant funding to voluntary sector organisations to improve the efficiency of administration."
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Article: Feb 11, 2012
Councillor Ann Reid, Lib Dem Deputy Group Leader and spokesperson for Neighbourhoods, has spoken out against Labour's plans to cut a huge chunk out of the budget set aside for road resurfacing for the coming year.
The £1.2m cut will mean fewer roads will be improved and jobs will be lost in the City of York Council's Highways Maintenance department. It comes despite Labour's promise during last year's local election to not only protect present spending on road resurfacing projects, but increase it. Ann Reid believes that this cut shows Labour's hypocrisy over this important issue and argues that local residents will lose out, particular during spells of cold weather when strain on roads is greatest.
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Article: Feb 11, 2012
Labour's claims to be a party of economic responsibility have been undermined, with an announcement to increase borrowing by £20 million in their upcoming budget. Liberal Democrat Councillor Paul Firth has questioned whether this gamble which exposes York's residents to substantial risk and expense is appropriate at this time.
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Article: Feb 9, 2012
York's Liberal Democrat Member on the North Yorkshire Fire Authority has welcomed the decision made by the authority to freeze the precept (the amount residents pay for fire services) for 2012/13 using a £600,000 grant from the coalition government.
Councillor Keith Aspden said this decision showed that the suggestions made by Labour-run City of York Council that it wouldn't be financially viable to freeze local taxes for York's residents to do so were politically motivated.
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Article: Feb 7, 2012
Liberal Democrats in York have reacted strongly to Labour plans to slash spending on local ward committees in next year's council budget.
York's ward committees are a key part of the council's involvement with local communities across the city. Under Labour's budget plans, their funding will be cut from this year's £646,000 to just £224,000 next year.
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