Warrington Borough Councillors supported a Liberal Democrat motion calling on the government to provide new money for free school meals for all primary school children, including vouchers for holidays. 45 councillors voted in favour with two Conservatives against and one abstaining.
Residents are still waiting for a response to their plea to restore bus services through Statham. Service changes introduced on 3 October mean that buses no longer travel along Star Lane and Barsbank Lane and passengers must use the stops on the A56.
We called a public meeting to give residents an opportunity to find out more about the arrival of asylum seekers at the Fir Grove Hotel. The hotel was closed to the public after the owners reached a deal with the Home Office.
The Home Office has leased the Fir Grove Hotel in Grappenhall to house families of asylum seekers for the next year, without any consultation with Warrington Borough Council.
Warrington Liberal Democrats announce Brian Meichen as our candidate in the Borough Council by-election for Rixton & Woolston on 24th November.
Warrington Council has passed a motion to do everything reasonably possible within its powers and influence to oppose fracking everywhere in the Borough and in surrounding areas.
