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) 2008 Sam Potts 2008-07-26T02:51+01:00 United Kingdom http://sampotts.org/news/000282/sam_attacks_labourconservative_housing_plan.html 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. 2008-07-21T13:21+01:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000281/potts_say_opposition_should_put_up_or_shut_up.html 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. 2008-05-26T13:20+01:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000280/court_ruling_damning_indictment_of_labours_military_equipment_shortages_says_sam_potts.html Commenting on today's High Court ruling that sending soldiers into operations with faulty equipment could breach their human rights, Cllr Sam Potts said: 2008-04-11T00:00+01:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000279/conference_a_success.html Sam Potts has returned from the Liberal Democrat spring conference in Liverpool in an upbeat mood. The conference, which meets twice a year, had a record number of people attending it. 2008-03-13T22:22+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000277/sam_potts__the_lib_dems__working_for_you__around_the_villages.html * Residents in Astwood have been troubled by Ragwort. The Liberal Democrat Milton Keynes Council have agreed to include it in their clearance programme this year. 2008-02-04T00:04+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000278/shell_garage_application.html Many local people used the Shell Garage to fill up with petrol. The application to develop the Shell Garage into an urban leisure plaza was opposed by Lib Dem Sam Potts and the Lathbury Parish Meeting who unanimously backed him in opposing this application. 2008-02-03T23:25+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000276/standing_up_for_stoke_goldington.html Councillor Sam Potts has persuaded Milton Keynes Council to commission an independent report into the flooding at Stoke Goldington. 2008-02-02T01:02+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000275/crime_in_the_villages.html In the last two years crime in the villages has been going up: Distraction Burglaries, Burglaries, Armed Robbery, Violent Assaults, Lead stolen from church roofs, yet the number of police in the villages seems to remain the same. 2008-02-01T00:01+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000274/petsoe_wind_farm_decision.html Just one day after the Council's Development Control Committee had voted 6-5 in favour of granting permission for a wind farm at Petsoe, the decision was put on hold after it was discovered that there was a rarely-used rule in the council's constitution that allowed decisions of the Development Control Committee to be referred back to the full council if it could be shown that there was a flaw in the decision-making process. 2008-01-09T23:28+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000273/council_tax_pegged_to_inflation.html The Council's Lib Dem administration has once again kept its pledge not to increase council tax above inflation. It is currently consulting local people about its budget and its proposed council tax increase of 3.9%. Council tax in Milton Keynes is well below the national average. 2008-01-03T23:28+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000272/council_cuts_energy_use.html The Carbon Trust, a Government-backed climate change charity, recognised the achievements of the Liberal Democrat Council in cutting energy use and carbon emissions at schools, libraries and other council owned buildings by awarding it membership of the Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme. The scheme recognises the achievements in reducing energy by businesses and organisations in industry, commerce and the public sector. 2008-01-02T23:28+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000270/nick_clegg__our_new_leader.html Congratulations from the Lib Dem team in Sherington Ward to the new Leader of the Liberal Democrats - Nick Clegg MP 2008-01-01T23:32+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000268/school_parking.html Parking outside schools on the zig zag markings is currently dealt with by the police, but Lib Dem run MK Council want to see better enforcement, so new Traffic Regulation Orders are to be made which will enable the Council's parking contractor, NCP, to issue tickets to motorists who park on the zig zag marks between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm. 2008-01-01T23:31+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000266/no_to_pay_as_you_throw.html The Lib Dem run Milton Keynes Council has announced that it has no plans to introduce a 'pay as you throw' scheme following a recent announcement by the Labour Government to allow Local Councils to directly charge for rubbish collections. 2008-01-01T23:30+00:00 http://sampotts.org/news/000267/flytipping_praise.html The Government's Minister for Waste has praised Liberal Democrat Milton Keynes Council as being one of the top authorities in England for tackling fly-tipping. She said, "Councils as diverse as Sheffield, Worthing and Milton Keynes are driving down fly-tipping through targeted, concerted action. I want other councils to follow their lead." 2008-01-01T23:30+00:00