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Welcome to Gedling Liberal Democrats!
Gedling Liberal Democrats welcome you to our new website. This is a developing website which we hope residents of Gedling Constituency will find of interest.
We hope to bring you local news items and campaigns that Liberal Democrats are undertaking in Gedling Constituency. If you want further information on Gedling Lib Dems don't hesitate to contact us on info@gedlinglibdems.org.uk or see the contacts page for Local Liberal Democrats in your area.
If you wish to join Gedling Lib Dems or are happy to deliver a few leaflets please contact us on info@gedlinglibdems.org.uk
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Written by Cllr Tony Gillam on Sat 4th Oct 2008
Councillors have recently been told that Gedling Borough is heading for a £498,200 overspend on this year's budget. This enormous overspend is the only one we can remember in the last 26 years. It's taken Gedling's ruling Tories just 15 months of slackness to turn a financially sound council into a financial mess.
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Written by Cllr Tony Gillam on Sat 4th Oct 2008
The news gets worse.
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Written by Cllr Tony Gillam on Sat 4th Oct 2008
Every year Gedling's Leisure Department increases its prices for the use of its leisure centres, pitches, etc. Last year it put up the prices by too much and takings dropped by £85,000!
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Written by Cllr Tony Gillam on Sun 25th May 2008
The Borough has received a planning application for the old Hollywood Video Store on Victoria Road to become a ladies fitness centre. The application says that the centre will be open 7 days a week with space for up to 18 people at a time. Latest: permission granted.
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Written by Cllr Tony Gillam on Sun 25th May 2008
District councils like Gedling have the legal responsibility to deal with homelessness in their area. For years many councils in the East Midlands have solved their homelessness problems by sending their homeless citizens to Nottingham City Council who kindly paid for their care. Two or three years ago, Nottingham City had finally had enough of paying for everyone else's homelessness problems and shut their doors to outsiders, forcing councils like Gedling to spend their own money on the problem. Since then, Gedling has had to employed officers (costing over £100,000 per year and still rising) to deal with this issue.
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Written by Cllr Tony Gillam on Tue 13th May 2008
The ruling Tories on Gedling Council pushed through their budget with a 3% increase in Council Tax. They will keep the extra 6 bin collections in the summer (costing £160,000), scrap the subsidy for police support officers (we lose 6 officers from our streets), saving £132,000 and virtually no money for anything else. They have no ideas and no direction for the council and their priorities are wrong.
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Written by Cllr Tony Gillam on Tue 13th May 2008
At last the County Council have seen sense and voted to keep the Handicruisers. Local campaigners Ted and Christine of Take a Break Carers have worked tirelessly to save the specially adapted coach which is offered for hire to all organisations who want to ensure that their disabled members and their friends can travel in style and comfort.
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