http://sampotts.org/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Sam Potts en-GB Sam Potts http://sampotts.org/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Sam Potts 2010-03-12T00:00+00:00 United Kingdom http://sampotts.org/news/000306/conservative_councillors_refuse_to_support_fixing_the_potholes.html Liberal Democrat Councillor Sam Potts has slammed the Conservative Group on Milton Keynes Council for refusing to support extra money to fixing the pot holes. The poor weather which has led to so many more pot holes this year need urgent action. 2010-02-23T21:03+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000305/future_conservative_government_threatens_more_expansion_in_rural_areas__again.html National Conservative Spokesman Grant Shapps MP has said that Conservatives in Government will allow MORE expansion in our rural communities. 2010-01-06T17:22+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000304/mk_youth_mp_speaks_up.html Last month Sean Barnes, the MK Youth MP (and Astwood lad) successfully argued in the House of Commons in favour of lowering the voting age to 16 in the Votes@16 Youth Parliament Debate. 2010-01-05T20:23+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000303/lib_dems_launch_their_plan_for_rural_communities.html Cllr Sam Potts and Lib Dem Local Shadow MP Jill Hope have endorsed the new Lib Dem Plans for rural communities. 2010-01-04T21:25+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000302/sam_potts_reports_on_action_around_the_villages.html Sherington: 2010-01-03T21:26+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000301/childrens_services_judged_as_good.html Since Councillor Sam Potts became the MK council member on the Adoption and Fostering panels for children in Milton Keynes the service has been marked as good, with no outstanding issues. 2010-01-02T22:28+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000300/recycling_revolution.html The new service from the Lib Dem run MK Council is now up and running. Food caddies and green garden waste bins have now all been delivered and the first collections started in September. All suitable properties have received a 140 litre outdoor wheeled bin (unless they already have one) and a small silver kitchen caddy to enable residents to recycle all their food and garden waste. All waste and recycling is collected on the same day, every week. 2010-01-01T23:23+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000299/emberton_park_receives_funding_grant.html Milton Keynes Council has been awarded £107,000 by the Aggregates Levy Sustainable Fund to be spent on repairs to the Visitor Centre at Emberton Park. 2009-10-26T19:20+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000298/sam_wins_im_a_councillor__get_me_out_of_here.html Sherington Ward Councillor Sam Potts has been chosen by pupils of Milton Keynes Schools as their "Champion Councillor". 2009-10-26T19:00+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000297/schools_and_students_celebrate_exam_success.html Schools in Milton Keynes are continuing to show 'rapid improvement' as thousands of students are celebrating passing their GCSE exams. 2009-08-30T11:01+01:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000296/no_to_more_sand_and_gravel_extraction.html Milton Keynes Council has informed the government that they do not want to increase the amount of gravel and sand extracted in the borough and have rejected the South East Minerals Plan proposal for an extra 120,000 tonnes each year. 2009-08-27T13:52+01:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000295/free_swimming_for_the_under_16_and_over_60s.html Liberal Democrat run Milton Keynes Council have now finalised negotiations with the local swimming pools and now people over 60 will be entitled to free swimming plus those who are 16 and under. 2009-08-05T19:33+01:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000293/games_unit_in_north_crawley.html Cllr Sam Potts has congratulated North Crawley Youth Group who have secured over £30,000 of grant money to pay for a Multi-User Games Unit. 2009-08-05T19:10+01:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000292/a_fair_deal_for_the_villages.html Cllr. Sam Potts and Lib Dem Shadow MP Jill Hope have endorsed national Lib Dem plans to support rural communities. These include cutting 50% of road tax in rural areas and campaigning for lower fuel taxes. 2009-08-05T18:56+01:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000291/youth_service_helps_bridge_the_gap_with_affordable_watersports_for_young_people.html Young people in Milton Keynes have a chance to try out kayaking, sailing, raftbuilding, fencing, archery, caving and wall-climbing this summer as Milton Keynes Youth Service offers these exciting activities for 13-19 year olds for only £5 a day. 2009-07-08T12:56+01:00