Warrington's programme of funding Council services increasingly out of the revenue obtained from property and commercial investments is audacious and necessary, but not reckless. Officers are skilled in risk management and buy-in professional advice as part of due diligence.
The government's planning proposals in the recently published White Paper raise more problems than solutions. Planning spokesperson Ryan Bate says:
The government is proposing changes to the method of calculating the number of houses which local authorities must plan for. Liberal Democrat Councillor Ryan Bate says:
Liberal Democrats demand water firms measure how much sewage they are discharging into waterways
A Freedom of Information investigation by the Liberal Democrats has found hospitals with chemicals leaking in patient areas and others with multiple broken fire alarms.
Sarah Dyke smashes the Conservatives with the best result of the night in Somerton and Frome