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19Apr 2017 by Saddleworth Lib Dems

Lib Dem petition to save the Green Belt and green spaces

[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…

12Dec 2016 by Saddleworth Lib Dems

Lib Dems call for less packaging and more recycling

Borough news

Liberal Democrat councillors Garth Harness (Saddleworth North) and Diane Williamson (Crompton) will be proposing a motion to Oldham council on Wednesday 14th December 2016 calling on the council to help reduce packaging and improve recycling. Councillor Garth Harkness said “ There are 2.5 billion paper coffee cups thrown away each year and hardly any of them are recycled. There are specialist facilities that can be used but only about 0.25% are. There is too much packaging on food products that can’t be recycled and we need to do more to work with these companies across Greater Manchester to address the issue” A co-ordinated effort needs to be explored to cut the resources of providing our food and drink Councillor Diane Williamson said “WRAP look at improving resource efficiency. We should consider the merits of the council being a signatory…

23Nov 2016 by Saddleworth Lib Dems

Lib Dem Call for Work Capability Assessment to be Scrapped

Borough news

[caption id="attachment_59" align="alignleft" width="200"] Cllr Garth Harkness[/caption] Liberal Democrat Councillor Garth Harkness, Shadow Cabinet Member for Employment and Skills, has condemned new Government proposals to support disabled jobseekers as “inadequately funded” and still based upon the use of the “discredited and reviled” Work Capability Assessment. The Government has published a Green Paper for consultation titled ‘Improving Lives’ in which its ambition is stated to halve the disability employment gap’. Councillor Harkness said: “This would require over 1.2 million more people with disabilities to enter work than is the case today. Now there is nothing wrong with supporting jobseekers with disabilities to find meaningful and fulfilling employment that is appropriate for them, taking account of their medical conditions, but this support must be accessed voluntarily and it should be adequately funded.”…

03Mar 2016 by Saddleworth Lib Dems

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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