East of England Regional Assembly Group

Welcome to the website of the East of England Regional Assembly Liberal Democrat Group

Kathy Pollard Group Leader

Kathy Pollard, Group Leader

The East of England Regional Assembly covers the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. The assembly has representatives from all 54 local authorities in the region.

The East of England Liberal Democrat Group comprises your group leaders and those elected every two years by you to sit on EERA's various Panels. We are unique in ensuring that our EERA representatives are representative of the views of the 540+ Liberal Democrat district, unitary and county councillors in this region.

That means it's your Group - and needs to reflect your views. Please feel free to get engaged with the important agenda now undertaken by the Regional Assembly. Elections are currently taking place for the various committees and panels- please put yourself forward for election.

Kathy Pollard

Leader

EERA Liberal Democrat Group


Liberal Democrats - Elderly shoulder burden of £56 million Tory cuts

Fri 27th Feb 2009

The number of day care sessions being accessed by elderly people has halved since the Conservative administration at Suffolk County Council brought in charges for day care in 2007 it has been revealed. The service, which had previously been free of charge, now costs £15 per day.

Lib Dems gain Assembly supoprt for small business rate relief

Thu 5th Feb 2009

Liberal Democrats at the East of England Regional Assembly today gained cross party support to lobby national Government in support of the automatic payment of rate relief to small businesses. Group Leader Kathy Pollard said "It is vital we do all we can to help small businesses at this time. Although measures were put in place in 2005 which entitle small businesses in England to claim up to 50% rate relief, less than half of them have applied. In 2006 the Local Government Association estimated that £400 million was left unclaimed - around £40 million for Essex alone. In Wales the payment is automatic and we are lobbying the Government to make the payment automatic in England as well."

MORE RECYCLING MEANS NO INCINERATORS

Tue 11th Nov 2008

Recent figures release by the government, show a dramatic increase in recycling that makes the need for big waste disposal plants in Essex redundant. This undermines the county's plans for big waste disposal plants in Essex. Almost every council in the country has met or exceeded its recycling target including those in Essex.

HE SAYS YES, SHE SAYS NO - TORIES CAN'T AGREE

Tue 21st Oct 2008

There was confusion about what relief Essex residents will get from Essex County Council, after two leading members of the Conservative ruling party gave opposite views on the subject at the same meeting. At a meeting of the full council (21 October) the leader of the council agreed with a Liberal Democrats proposal to use council tax money held in reserves to help people through the current economic slowdown. However, the cabinet member for finance said that she thought the proposals were irresponsible and that reserves should remain high.

GIVE TAXPAYERS THEIR MONEY BACK

Tue 14th Oct 2008

Now that more people are struggling to keep up with food and fuel bills in the current economic climate, it is time for taxpayers to have some of their money back. That is the view of Liberal Democrats at Essex County Council, who will be asking the council to release some of their large reserves back into local people's pockets, at a meeting of the full council next week.

TORY LEADER'S VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN HIS CABINET

Thu 9th Oct 2008

Lord Hanningfield, leader of Essex County Council, has by-passed his fellow cabinet members and given himself responsibility for education, in a reshuffle of responsibility for children's issues. In what has become a troubled portfolio, Lord Hanningfield is the fourth education cabinet member at the county council in as many years. The council's education performance was so severely criticised last year by Ofsted inspectors, that its overall star rating was downgraded from 4 to 3.

WHAT ARE OUR STREETS FOR?

Wed 24th Sep 2008

The national 'In Town, Without My Car' day passed this week (22 September) without being even acknowledged by the ruling Conservative party at Essex County Council, denying local communities any chance to participate. This annual campaign is run to remind all highway users, that our streets are shared by road and pavement users and that there are other people using the same space.

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