At Hebden Royd town council’s budget meeting on the 11th January Labour, who control the council, imposed a 25% precept tax increase on local residents. Much of the extra funding was sought to carry out work on the recently acquired Picture House cinema. The Liberal Democrats support the improvements t the cinema, but opposed this [...]
I would like to thank the 879 people who voted for me in May’s election. As I walked around Luddendenfoot Ward people were so supportive and I appreciated the warm welcome of people when I knocked on their door asking what they wanted for our area. People had a range of concerns from cleaner streets [...]
This comment piece is from Cllr Christine Bampton-Smith who serves Luddendenfoot Ward. All views and opinions expressed on our opinion pieces are those of the individual. Each day last week, I thought things could not get worse for the News of the World, but they did and public opinion forced action. The hacking of murder and terrorist victims became the [...]
Labour members on Hebden Royd Council have voted unanimously that we should not mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee next year. Labour decided that the Queen’s Jubilee is not the sort of thing the Council should be supporting. Since the elections in May Labour are now the largest party, and in this instance decided to act on [...]
The extension of the 30mph zone in Luddendenfoot has brought traffic speeds down near Luddendenfoot Junior and Infant School. This and the lowering of the speed limit in Friendly from 50mph to 40mph has reduced overall speed of traffic.”This shows that changes to speed limits and zoning can make a big difference in road safety [...]
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