Dear Editor, The Cabinet’s proposals for Halifax Town Centre have provoked public comment to which I would like to respond. In my view, the first priority for a Council has to be to make it easy for local people to contact the Council – both in person and by telephone/email etc etc. The Council has [...]
The Liberal Democrats have just launched the Youth Contract, a £1bn programme to get many unemployed young people earning or learning, as quickly as possible. The Youth programme includes: A work experience place for every unemployed 18 to 24 year old who wants one. 410,000 new work places over the next three years. 20,000 more [...]
Comment from Cllr Janet Battye When I became the Leader of Calderdale Council in May last year, I wanted to make sure that the Council was open and transparent to the public. An important way of doing this was to introduce public question time to Cabinet meetings. Since then at each Cabinet meeting we have [...]
The Government has delivered more than 100,000 extra apprenticeships, twice as many as expected. Figures released by the Government, show that over 40,000 people first started apprenticeships last year in Yorkshire. This is a 42% increase from 2009-10. Commenting, Liberal Democrat Business Secretary, Vince Cable, said: “The growth in apprenticeships to more than double the [...]
The Calderdale Lib Dem membership has increased by 30 percent since the general and local elections in May. This was discussed last Thursday at their AGM. This increase of members is not specific to the Calderdale area. In the three months following the general election the Lib Dems gained nationally more than 3000 new members. [...]
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