01Jul 2017 by Saddleworth Lib Dems
North West Ambulance Award for Saddleworth Liberal Democrats

North West Ambulance Award for Saddleworth Liberal Democrats

Saddleworth News
[caption id="attachment_160" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cllr Garth Harkness with Lisa Stanway from NWAS (who supported us with the scheme and supported the nomination)[/caption] Oldham and Saddleworth Liberal Democrats have won an award from North West Ambulance Service. Councillor Garth Harkness attended the North West Ambulance Cardiac Smart award on Friday 23rd June 2017 in Leyland. The awards were presented to groups who have helped make the local area more resilient in terms of improving the clinical outcomes of those who have unfortunately suffered a cardiac arrest. Saddleworth based Liberal Democrat councillors Alan Roughley, Garth Harkness and Derek Heffernan ran a campaign to get a defibrillator in every village in Saddleworth to be accessible 24 hours. Councillor Garth Harkness said “It is a great privilege to be receiving such an award which…
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19Apr 2017 by Saddleworth Lib Dems
Lib Dem petition to save the Green Belt and green spaces

Lib Dem petition to save the Green Belt and green spaces

Borough news, Saddleworth News
[caption id="attachment_130" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cllrs Garth Harkness and Derek Heffernan by a threatend site in Scouthead[/caption] The Liberal Democrats have started a petition to Oldham council to call on them to withdraw from the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework At the meeting on 22nd March the Liberal Democrat group proposed a motion calling Oldham Council to withdraw from the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) and to instead develop a local plan for housing and commercial development in the borough. They were frustrated by an amendment that means Oldham will now not withdraw Saddleworth North Councillor Garth Harkness said “It is frustrating that Labour, lacking the honesty to vote openly for keeping GMSF,   ‘amended’ and wrecked  our proposal by taking out the resolution to leave.  So Labour will wring its hands but make sure…
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03Mar 2016 by Saddleworth Lib Dems
Saddleworth School Judicial review- Lib Dem joint statement

Saddleworth School Judicial review- Lib Dem joint statement

Saddleworth News
The Judicial Review by Mr. Justice Kerr has upheld only 1 of the 9 objections put forwards by the objectors group with the other 8 being decisively dismissed. This means that the application will have to go back to the Oldham Council Planning Committee so due consideration of other sites issue to be included in the process. No doubt many parents, grandparents and pupils will be so disappointed at the further delay in providing a new school building for Saddleworth suitable for 21st century education yet they still reside in crumbling accommodation reaching the end of its life Indeed other schools funded in this programme are now built, occupied and providing the facilities we want for our young people Cllr Garth Harkness, Liberal Democrat, Saddleworth North, Oldham Council Cllr Derek…
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