Colne Valley Liberal Democrats

Kirklees Liberal Democrat Group has selected Councillor David Ridgway of Colne Valley Ward to be their Mayoral Candidate for the 2012/13 municipal year.

Cllr Ridgway will take up the office of Mayor of Kirklees at the Annual Meeting of Kirklees Council on Wednesday 23^rd May 2012.

Cllr Ridgway who was re-elected as councillor for Colne Valley Ward in last weeks local government elections with a 50% increase in his majority was first elected to Kirklees Council in May 1996.

Lindley Lib Dem Councillor Cahal Burke is pleased that his request for parking restrictions in a busy area of Lindley where there has been safety concerns and is a trouble spot for local residents has been fulfilled.

There has been the introduction of no waiting/no loading Monday to Friday between 8am - 9.30am and 2.30pm and 4.00pm to remove obstructive parking connected with local school traffic and allow enforcement in conjunction with School Keep Clear markings on George Street.

Over 20 million working people will be better off next year after Liberal Democrats in the Coalition Government delivered the biggest ever increase in the income tax personal allowance in the Budget.

The massive £3.5bn tax cut for working people delivers:

• The biggest ever single uplift in the tax threshold
• A personal allowance of £9,205 in April 2013
• 21 million working people getting an extra £220 tax cut
• Brings the total tax cut for basic rate tax payers to £550
• Brings the total number of people lifted out of tax to 2 million.

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg used his speech to the Party's Spring conference in NewcastleGateshead to call for the forthcoming budget to be a "budget for fairness" and pledged that it would help working familes.

The Deputy Prime Minister pledged that by 2015 Britain would have seen an end to control orders, the first gay marriages and the first elections to the House of Lords.

Fairer taxes, promoting green jobs, protecting your civil liberties - these are just some of the achievements of the Liberal Democrats in government.

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Liberal Democrat Councillors Christine Stanfield and Cahal Burke have been informed that Holly Bank Road will now be resurfaced with funds from the Highways Maintenance Budget.

Councillors have been asking for this road to be repaired for years after requests from countless residents. This important road, which has access to both Lindley Infant and Lindley Junior Schools, links the Halifax Road to Lidget Street and the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and has had no proper surface for the last five years.

Concerned residents have contacted Councillors David Ridgway and Nicola Turner after a local land owner had cleared Green belt land in the vicinity of Holmes Villas.

"I am dismayed at this action", says Cllr David Ridgway.

"Concerned residents living in the vicinity of Holme Villas have bought the issue of the local land clearance to my attention and have also raised the matter with Cllr Nicola Turner.

Colne Valley Councillors, David Ridgway and Nicola Turner have promised to tidy up Linthwaite after receiving many complaints from local residents.

Both councillors will be conducting a survey of local residents with the aim to instruct relevant Council Services to tackle the problem grot spots and issues such as fly tipping and litter in Linthwaite.

Local Councillor, Cahal Burke (Lindley Ward) is delighted to confirm that a two-year contract for the hire of a room has now been signed.

Funding totalling £2,000 has been agreed by the Huddersfield Area Committee to pay for a Multi Agency Contact Point within Salendine Nook Shopping Centre. The project has been supported by the Neighbourhood Policing Team and Lindley Ward Councillors, Cahal Burke and Christine Stanfield.

A heavily used stretch of road is finally going to be resurfaced.

Local Liberal Democrat Councillors, David Ridgway and Nicola Turner recommended over two years ago that Tiding Field Lane and Moor Side Lane should be dealt with in 2011, following long standing complaints from local residents about the rapidly deteriorating surface.