LibDem MEP Catherine Bearder visited Milton Keynes recently and discussed the benefits of being in the EU. The EU has helped fund 44,000 jobs in Bucks and Milton Keynes since 2010, and many MK companies do most of their business with the EU.
Catherine Bearder MEP discusses the jobs funded by the EU locally with Jenni Ferrans and Vanessa McPake
The national Boundary Commission has been looking at all the MK Council wards across Milton Keynes. They have just confirmed their proposals for the new wards in our area. The first elections for the new wards will be in May 2014.
The new Monkston ward will cover:
Monkston Park, Monkston, Kents Hill, Walton Grange, Walton Park and Walnut Tree.
The Danesborough and Walton ward will cover:
Wavendon Gate, Old Farm Park, Browns Wood, Caldecotte, Wavendon, Woburn Sands, Bow Brickhill and Little Brickhill.
The proposals will go before Parliament for confirmation in the autumn.
Your local Lib Dem Focus team has just heard from the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) that they have agreed a developer for the site on the corner of Chase Avenue and Limbaud Close.
The good news is that the agreement is for just 5 detached houses (you may recall the original proposal was for up to 10).
Your Lib Dem Focus team has already raised your concerns about road access and the possible destruction of the trees.
We have been told that consultation with residents will start late August and we will keep you posted on progress and ensure you are all consulted.
Vanessa McPake helped residents at Kingston as the Tory run Council put up the wrong timetables when they cut bus services recently! She got them fixed. The cuts and the new bus times are hurting lots of residents in our area. Lib Dems want to reinstate your lost services.
Vanessa McPake checks that the right timetable has at last been put up at Kingston.
MK Council are starting to design the new Kingston Library on the site of the old Tavern Pub. Residents are invited to take part in community workshops so you can have your say.
For example: How much space for a toddlers area, for computers or displays? Do you want space for meetings or advice sessions?
What is prioritised will depend on what you say so please do take part.
The nearest workshops to you will be on:
You can also see more on the MK Council web site at: http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/library_services/displayarticle.asp?ID=91839
There’ll be more space in the new library!
Vanessa McPake, Subhan Shafiq and Jenni Ferrans were doing their bit to clean up play areas recently near Bridlington Crescent, Monkston. Residents are asking why the mess is so much worse than when the LibDems ran the Council.
The Focus Team help clean up play areas
Jenni Ferrans and Vanessa McPake have had the dog mess removed from Birdlip Lane, between Kents Hill and Walnut Tree.
Vanessa McPake and Jenni Ferrans with more dog mess at Birdlip Lane, between Kents Hill and Walnut Tree.
Vanessa McPake has got this lot removed from the footpath opposite Bartholomew Close, Walton Park. She is now working to get a bin put in.
If you have a problem with dog mess near you, please let us know roughly what time of day the mess appears as that will help Council officers to catch the offenders.
Pavements trip you again in Walnut Tree
Vanessa McPake has been getting the Council to fix pavements across Walnut Tree. if there are dangerous pavements near you, please let us know.
Subhan Shafiq has asked the Council to cut back the bushes on the V10 as drivers coming out of Dunchurch Dale, Walnut Tree have their vision blocked by the bushes on the left.
Cllr Subhan Shafiq checks the view out to the V10 at Dunchurch Dale in Walnut Tree.
Subhan Shafiq and Jenni Ferrans have been checking out the overgrown landscaping in Monkston Park and Kents Hill.
They have demanded this grass is cut back on the roundabout at the junction of Plaistow Crescent and Maida Vale, as well as the grass near the flats.
There’s a roundabout under there – honestly!
But there was some success at last! The grass outside the care home in Kents Hill has been added to the grass cutting schedule.
Success! Jenni Ferrans and Vanessa McPake celebrate the grass cut at last outside the care home on Tunbridge Grove, Kents Hill.