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The York Liberal Democrats have launched their full manifesto for the upcoming 2019 local election campaign; ‘Working for You, Working for York’. The manifesto was launched on Saturday 6th April at one of the Liberal Democrats’ achievements in administration; the Burnholme Community Hub, which has provided York with a new Library, as well as additional […]

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With the upcoming local elections in May approaching, the Liberal Democrats have announced a full slate of candidates to contest all 47 council seats in York, alongside launching their ‘Focus on Five’ manifesto themes for the campaign. The Focus on Five outlines five policy themes that the Liberal Democrats will campaign on and feature in […]

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Free compost giveaways!

by admin on 31 July, 2018

The Council has announced some new compost giveaway dates, which are planned for this year. The compost is made from the garden waste that we collect from households and at the Household Waste Recycling Centres, and is PAS100 accredited. If residents are interested in the giveaways, please find the link below to the giveaway:  Free compost 2018 […]

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GoodGym York has grown enormously over 2017 and now have many volunteers signed up for ‘missions’ in York. Unfortunately, very few missions are being referred so these brilliant opportunities are being missed. Missions are primarily one-off tasks to help older people (which GoodGym define as 60+). This could be a five minute job such as […]

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Local Plan 2017 Responses

by Sarah on 11 November, 2017

Ian, Sarah and Edward’s responses to the 2017 Local Plan Consultation (made under Regulation 18) have now been added to the website. You can see these responses if you go to Pages and click on ‘Local Plan 2017’, then selecting the response you need from the Responses page. Do please get back to us with […]

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The Council is writing to around a third of all households in York to let them know that their recycling collection day will change from the 1st of April 2017. Households affected by the changes can expect to receive a new rubbish and recycling calendar in the post. The Council is also providing free boxes, […]

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Liberal Democrat budget plans announced today will help protect local frontline services in the face of huge government cuts. Key proposals include: Doubling long-term investment in roads and footpaths to £20million More money for gulley cleaning, gritting and litter bins Supporting renewable energy to make York the Greenest City in the North More support for […]

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The following streets will be reinstated to the gritting schedule in February: Crossmoor Lane, Eastfield Avenue, Greenshaw Drive, Haxby Moor Road, Moor Lane, Oaken Grove, Usher Lane, West Nooks, Westfield Lane, Westfield Road, Wheatfield Lane. Part roads: Wheatfield Lane to Oak Tree Lane; Usher Lane to bridge; Walmer Carr to Green Dike. These routes are […]

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Rescuing the Haxby Hedgehog

by Sarah on 4 December, 2016

Back in October, a resident posted to the Haxby Facebook page, asking advice about a juvenile hedgehog they had found curled up on a path during daylight. Another resident offered to take the hedgehog to the vet, while I got in touch with Emma, who runs a York based hedgehog rescue for advice. Emma couldn’t […]

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Local Liberal Democrats have been at Headlands School asking parents to make the Brake Pledge to improve road safety.  The event follows concerns about speeding across Haxby & Wigginton and some near misses outside the school. It was organised by Haxby resident Sarah Dixon and local councillor Cllr Ian Cuthbertson. The pair spoke to local […]

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