Liberal Democrats in Redcar & Cleveland are urging residents to support local small businesses, especially on Saturday 7 December. This is the UK’s first “Small Business Saturday”, an American invention recently imported here. Lib Dem Councillor Ron Harrison, who represents Zetland, said: “We want to get as many residents as possible to support the small shops […]

Dormanstown Library has extra books now thanks to a local councillor. Councillor Eric Howden, who represents Dormanstown for the Liberal Democrats, recently joined Library staff to buy some extra stock from W.H. Smith. The funding comes from Cllr Howden’s ward budget. Most of the books are for children but there is also some good quality […]

In the run-up to Carers’ Rights Day (29 November) Liberal Democrats in Redcar & Cleveland are urging carers to claim what they are entitled to. The main carers’ benefit, Carer’s Allowance of £59.75 a week, is available to many people who provide full-time care, often to friends or relatives. However, research by the charity Carers […]

Liberal Democrats on Redcar & Cleveland Council are using Road Safety Week (18-22 Nov) to highlight the amount of roadworks in the Borough which have left road surfaces uneven. There have been many cases where utility companies have dug up the road and not restored it satisfactorily. Lib Dem Councillor Mike Carling has highlighted the […]

Liberal Democrats on Redcar & Cleveland Council are pushing for more and better cycle paths in the borough. Councillor Eric Howden, who represents Dormanstown, is leading the campaign. A keen cyclist, Eric cycled 350km across Jordan in 2007 to raise over £5000 for children’s charities. This week the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow approved a […]

Labour-run Redcar & Cleveland Council has received only a two-star rating (out of 5) for its services to help voluntary bodies in the borough. This rating comes from the Directory of Social Change, a respected independent charity which gives advice to voluntary groups looking for funding. In its assessment of Redcar & Cleveland it says: […]

At yesterday’s meeting of the Council, Cllr Mary Ovens highlighted a serious flaw in the Council’s tourist plan for Redcar. Questioning the Labour Cabinet Member Olwyn Peters, Cllr Ovens criticised the shortage of public toilets available or planned in Redcar. The great need is at the west end of the beach in the area of […]

Liberal Democrat councillors in Redcar and Cleveland have today expressed their shock and dismay at the services on offer at the Tuned In! site. Otherwise known as myplace, the project was funded by the Big Lottery and the Government to give teenagers in our area the space and opportunity to access a variety of services. […]

Liberal Democrats in Redcar & Cleveland are urging the Labour Council to make an influential new committee more democratic. The Labour Cabinet is proposing to give only three places out of 17 on the new Health & Wellbeing Board to elected members. All of these will be Labour Cabinet Members. The rest would go to […]

Liberal Democrats in Redcar & Cleveland are urging the Labour Council to reconsider its policy of selling off Upsall Hall. Upsall Hall, near Nunthorpe, provides education, training and work experience for adults with learning disabilities. However, at a recent Scrutiny Board meeting at the Council, it was revealed that the Labour Council intends to sell […]