Draft budget proposals for the 2023-24 financial year, published earlier today (4th Jan), look to stabilise the Council’s financial position despite a period of rampant inflation and continuing decline in central Government support.
Local Councillors have welcomed the opening of the new Haxby and Wigginton Library. The area has been without a permanent library for the last 6 years - but now thanks to investment from City of York Council, the library has found a new home at Oaken Grove Community Centre.
Rawcliffe and Clifton Without's Lib Dem councillors have hit out at the introduction of a sneaky four-hour limit on car parking at Clifton Moor Retail Park.
Lib Dem Councillor Tony Fisher has launched a petition calling on Haxby Group Practice to reopen Stockton-on-the-Forest's GP surgery.
Local Lib Dem councillors for Westfield ward have welcomed significant investment approved for Acomb Front Street to deliver improvements to the shopping area.
It's been revealed that residents are facing 7-week wait for routine GP appointments in Haxby and Wigginton.
Haxby and Wigginton's Lib Dem Councillors are urging residents to fill in a survey from North Yorkshire Police about their experiences of anti-social behaviour. After a significant increase in anti-social behaviour, culminating in two arrests following a stabbing in November, the Police have responded to local councillors' calls for more attention to be given to ASB in Haxby and Wigginton.
Plans to introduce a 100 per cent premium for council tax bills on second homes in York have been approved unanimously by councillors at a meeting of Full Council yesterday (15th December).
Cllr Chris Cullwick, Liberal Democrat ward Councillor for Huntington and New Earswick, has been nominated to become the Lord Mayor of York for the 2023/24 year following a meeting of Full Council this evening (15th December 2022).
