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A Personal Message from Councillor Sam Potts

Welcome to my web site. I would like to thank all those residents of Ouse Valley for their support in the Milton Keynes Council Elections. I am proud to represent this area as your Liberal Democrat Councillor. I pledge to serve you all to the best of my ability, and to fight to protect our villages.

I intend to use this web site as well as my Focus Newsletter to keep you informed of my activities. Please feel free to email me with any comments, and any local issues that you would like me to address.

Yours,

Sam Potts

New food and garden waste service for the villages

Tue 23rd Jun 2009

A new service from the Liberal Democrat run MK Council will see the first deliveries of food and garden waste wheeled bins to our villages in August, with the first collections starting in September. The bins will be delivered over a four week period.

Read "New food and garden waste service for the villages" in full (184 words).

Victory for East of M1 Campaigners

Fri 29th May 2009

The campaign by the Liberal Democrat-run Milton Keynes Council to stop government plans to build a town of 5,600 houses east of the M1 has been victorious and the Government has completely withdrawn the proposals.

Read "Victory for East of M1 Campaigners" in full (184 words).

Fighting to keep your Council Tax down

Sun 29th Mar 2009

As usual the Annual Milton Keynes Council Budget has taken a great deal of time for me and other councillors as well as many council staff. My personal commitment at the election in 2007 was that I would never vote for a council tax increase above pensioner's inflation. This year pensioner's inflation was around 5%.

Read "Fighting to keep your Council Tax down" in full (345 words).

A quick look at around the Villages this Spring

Sun 29th Mar 2009

Chicheley:

Read "A quick look at around the Villages this Spring" in full (366 words).

Sam visits the fire station

Sat 31st Jan 2009

To find out for himself how the fire service operate locally members of the Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority, Councillors Sam Potts (Sherington Ward) and Alan Richards (Linford North Ward) visited Newport Pagnell Fire Station.

Read "Sam visits the fire station" in full (45 words).

Potts welcomes Labour u-turn

Mon 17th Nov 2008

Sam Potts has welcomed a decision by the Government to abandon proposals to hand over the payment of pensions and benefits from post offices to a private company.

Read "Potts welcomes Labour u-turn" in full (262 words).

Cllr Sam Potts demand tax cuts to help beat recession

Fri 31st Oct 2008

Sam Potts has called for a cut in income tax for people on low and middle incomes to help them beat the recession.

Read "Cllr Sam Potts demand tax cuts to help beat recession" in full (210 words).

Sam attacks Labour/Conservative Housing plan

Mon 21st Jul 2008

Sam Potts and Milton Keynes Lib Dems have vowed to fight Government plans to build 5,600 houses in the Borough to the East of the M1 up to 2026, and potentially more in the following years.

Read "Sam attacks Labour/Conservative Housing plan" in full (477 words).

Potts say "Opposition Should Put Up or Shut Up"

Mon 26th May 2008

The Liberal Democrat Leader of Milton Keynes Council, Isobel McCall, says that the Conservative and Labour opposition parties in Milton Keynes should put up or shut up when it comes to running the Council.

Read "Potts say "Opposition Should Put Up or Shut Up"" in full (435 words).

Court ruling damning indictment of Labour's military equipment shortages says Sam Potts

Fri 11th Apr 2008

Commenting on today's High Court ruling that sending soldiers into operations with faulty equipment could breach their human rights, Cllr Sam Potts said:

Sending British troops out into an illegal war in Iraq, without of date helicopters, guns that don’t fire in the desert and with no body armor, is an unforgivable and disgraceful situation, which this Labour government is personally and politically responsible for.

Read "Court ruling damning indictment of Labour's military equipment shortages says Sam Potts" in full (133 words).

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Quotes of the Week

"On issue after issue, the Liberal Democrats have led the fight for real change while the Conservatives lagged behind. On the economy, on the environment and now on the real reform of politics, it is the Lib Dems that are offering something different."

April Pond, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Norwich North by-election

www.norwichlibdems.org.uk - 21 June

"I believe that my position as an MP between now and the next election is untenable."

Labour MP Ian Gibson

Resigning as MP for Norwich North - 6 June. See www.norwichlibdems.org.uk for Norwich North by-election news.