http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Prudhoe Liberal Democrats en-GB Prudhoe Liberal Democrats http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Prudhoe Liberal Democrats 2008-07-05T18:02+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000054/lib_dems_confirm_commitment_to_community_groups_in_northumberland.html Speaking at the Northumberland Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) annual conference to be held at Alnwick Gardens today, Councillor Neil Bradbury will calm the fears of community groups across the county over the possibility of slashed funding by the new Northumberland Authority. 2008-07-01T12:00+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000053/lib_dem_vote_massive_across_county.html Research into the results on the 1st of may has shown the Liberal Democrats to be the party with the biggest share of the vote - with Labour in third place. 2008-05-12T00:27+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000052/prudhoe_a_labour_free_zone_as_lib_dems_triumph.html The local elections for the new council in Northumberland saw big changes as Labour lost all their seats in the Tynedale area, with Neil Bradbury winning in Prudhoe West and the Lib Dems emerging as the biggest party. The full result in Prudhoe West was: 2008-05-02T16:53+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000051/78_back_bridge.html As Prudhoe Lib Dems online poll closes, we can exclusively reveal that 78% have voted that they would like a new bridge and road link from Prudhoe to the A9. "This is not surprising to me, Prudhoe people want this to happen and it reinforces the need for all council staff and councillors to redouble their efforts to get this improvements." 2008-04-23T20:18+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000041/money_for_nothing.html Outrage as Labour councillors move for pay off 2008-04-23T12:16+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000046/west_road_improvements_needed.html Councillor Neil Bradbury has called for improvements to the appearance to the West Road and for the Town Council to reveal the workings of a secretive group meant to be focusing on improvements. £10,000 was allocated for the improvement of the roads surrounding pavements and railings. However none has yet to be spent and the council committee, which met in secret and did not let any local ward councillors know its plans, has yet to come forward with any proposals. "If the committee talked to me or any other local residents, we'd soon have the money spent." said Neil Bradbury. Of particular concern is the state of pavements around Prospect terrace. What do you want to happen on the road? Contact Neil at Prudhoe 832933 to let him know. 2008-04-22T18:24+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000045/tories_fall_apart_amongst_infighting.html In sensational scenes, the Conservatives own leader on Tynedale has not been selected to fight a seat in the forthcoming elections on the 1st May and so is standing as an independent against his own party. Across Tynedale the Tories have been subsumed in infighting with 5 (check) candidates standing against their own party. Labour has not been totally immune from this either, with two embittered councillors standing against their own party. 2008-04-21T17:23+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000044/scots_must_stop__call_for_all_rail_services_to_stop_in_prudhoe.html Cllr Neil Bradbury has welcomed recent reforms at Prudhoe Station which have seen a lot more trains stopping at the towns station. However two trains operated by Scotrail that go between stranraer and Newcastle don't stop at Prudhoe, although they stop at Hexham. "Trains now call roughly every half hour now at the station, which is a great improvement. If these final two trains could stop at Prudhoe it would mean we would have a half hourly service both to Newcastle and Hexham all though the day." Commented Neil. The trains would call at Prudhoe at roughly half past 2 and half twelve. Neil has written to the Scottish Executive to ask for this change 2008-04-21T07:23+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000043/bridge_issue_fudged.html Labour councillors spent thousands of pounds commissioning a study into a new bridge across the Tyne - which concluded though it was needed there was no money for it!! "We all knew there was no budget for this scheme regionally but Labour have pushed through a study to give them something to hide behind." Commented Neil Bradbury. Instead of wasting money on a meaningless study they should have been lobbying the regional offices of the government to change their criteria. I want to see Northumberland taking this issue much more seriously" commented Neil. 2008-04-20T14:20+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000042/hard_labour__labours_legacy_for_prudhoe.html CUTS - Oaklands Nursing home to shut 2008-04-19T12:00+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000047/end_to_glass_waste.html Liberal Democrats have called for an end to the large amounts of glass being poured into landfills every day across Northumberland. On Tynedale council both Labour and Conservative councillors voted down a proposal to see glass being collected from peoples doorsteps. In addition Lib Dems have been calling for glass recycling to be made for commercial waste, in particular for Pubs where tonnes of glass are put in the landfill. "Glass is one of the easiest products to recycle and the public are behind it. How long must we be the poor relations in Northumberland and not have a proper recycling scheme?" asked Cllr Neil Bradbury 2008-04-16T18:47+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000049/prudhoe_liberal_democrats_select_neil_and_tom.html Prudhoe Liberal Democrats were pleased to announce the selection of Neil Bradbury as the candidate for the local elections on May 1st for Prudhoe West and Tom Appleby for Prudhoe East. Neil is married to Donna and has been a town and district councillor for 5 years. Neil is an Investment Fund Manager based in Newcastle and in between his work and council work enjoys getting on to the fells for walks. Neil has pledged to keep a local focus if elected and hope to raise more local initiatives around recycling and providing more quality public transport. 2008-04-05T20:21+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000048/call_for_council_perks_to_end_while_money_is_lost.html Liberal Democrats have called for an end to councillor and council perks at county hall and at Tynedale. Lib Dems have been critical of Tyndale's very generous company car scheme, which gives free cars to some officers who never used them for work mileage and also a scheme at County hall that saw top officers receive a 20% bonus for this year. "Tynedale will hand more than £15 million of our money to the new council and one of both councils major spending proposals is for additional perks. We think the two councils need to raise their game and spend more money on services and facilities!" commented Councillor Neil Bradbury 2008-04-05T13:18+01:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000050/save_our_schools.html Middle schools are still under threat and electing Liberal Democrats to Northumberland would mean that residents can have a say. That's the message of Councillor Neil Bradbury, who has warned that although Tynedales Schools are the last scheduled to have their structure changed under Labours plans, this could happen within the lifespan of the new council, which will run for 5 years. "Only the Liberal Democrats have pledged that if people want to keep middle schools if the want them" 2008-03-16T16:22+00:00 http://www.prudhoelibdems.org.uk/news/000040/thank_you.html Darren Levitt would like to thank all the voters who elected him yesterday in the Prudhoe Council by election. "I will not let you down and will be there for residents to chase up areas of concern." 2007-08-10T00:09+01:00