As a parent myself, I know how important it is to educate young people to manage their money before they leave school and start to live independently.  In these difficult economic times it is even more crucial, as young people can sometimes have a struggle pay for everything they need and it is very easy […]

As reported previously, Haxby Town Council had had a recent success in Yorkshire in Bloom.  They are now planning for next year’s competition and I was invited to help prepare the ground for a new flower bed in the centre of the village.  Members of the Town Council had managed to hire a very clever […]

I spent a day recently helping the members of the LibDem Society at York Uni as they welcomed new students to the university.  Freshers’ Fair is an enormous event and showcases the many societies and groups that students can join on the campus, covering such diverse areas as fencing,  all types of music, cocktails, chemistry, […]

As Councillors for Haxby and Wigginton, we were delighted to hear of local successes in the recent Yorkshire in Bloom awards.  The judges awarded Rosevale Residential Home in Wigginton a Gold award – the highest that can be achieved. Their flower filled tubs and hanging baskets obviously impressed the judges, who described them as providing […]

The Liberal Democrat Party recently held its major national conference in Birmingham and I was pleased to be there as a representative of York.  There were about twenty of us all together from all over the city and we took part in interesting debates and joined in many discussions about how national policies affect our […]

City of York Council are carrying out a consultation on the city’s new Local Development Framework Core Strategy, which sets out the development of York over the next 25 years. The strategy has been recently revised by the new Labour administration, who have increased the housing targets for the city over the next 25 years […]

Local residents have been raising concerns over the use of new, harsher, re-cycled rubber speed bumps on Green Dike in Wigginton. It is feared that the bumps, which are cheaper than the tarmac bumps previously in place, could cause unnecessary damage to vehicles travelling within the current 30 mph speed limit on the road. The […]

City of York Council is currently carrying out a review of its Elderly Persons Homes in order to work out how best to cope with demand in the future. Some of the options under consideration include building a new, larger care home on the Haxby Hall site.  Letters and consultation questionnaires are being sent to […]

Several Lib Dems joined the group protesting against selling off Union Terrace Car and Coach Park to York St John University the other day and I joined them after having been to another meeting at the Guildhall.  Despite torrential rain earlier, there were still protesters at the Priory Street Centre where the Labour Cabinet were […]

Every year the Haxby Carnival is held and the local Liberal Democrats have a stall and take the opportunity to meet and talk with local residents. This year was no exception, and after a worrying start, the weather turned up trumps and many local people, plus others from further away, came along to enjoy the […]