If you have children, and work 16 or more hours every week, you will be interested in the new childcare support on offer from September 2017. The tax free system means that for every £8 you put into the system, the government gives £2, (to a maximum of £2000 per child in the account) so […]

I am really disappointed that the points made so eloquently by the Parish Council and residents has not been taken on board by the PO in the planned move. I have written this response to correspondence received from the Post Office this weekend…. Please comment too if you can. To Suzanne Richardson Regional Network Manager […]

The Liberal Democrats in Winchester are fighting hard for local people. Your local councillors, campaigners and an army of volunteers work hard to make sure our district is well maintained and its unique heritage cared for. However, over and over again, the Conservative run City council has failed local people when it comes to doing […]

So- at the pop up protest today, the Alresford Tories turn up to protest about Tory proposals. In Stanmore student Conservatives are protesting about the Conservative housing policies. The dramatic cuts are being imposed by a Conservative government. Some ask why do we need parties at all? Because we need to make it clear:- Liberal […]

Conservative bosses are proposing to cut hours, days or even close our beloved Amenity Recycling Centres. We held a ‘pop-up protest’ this morning to show our support for our local centre, and to pass on the message that closure or even cutting hours is a BAD IDEA! Tell the Tories what you think- go to […]

The proposal for this plant is going to Regulatory committee on the 10th February. They have received about 100 objections. It is a new plan for the Highways depot at Micheldever Station. The majority of homeowners are less than 500m from the site. -And there is already one piece of plant on site which recycles […]

Wonston Parish Affordable Housing Consultation Event at Victoria Hall, Oxford Road, Sutton Scotney Thursday 22nd October 3.30 to 7pm Proposal for new affordable homes for local people together with landscaping on land at Beggars Drrove, south of Buddlesgate, Sutton Scotney Please drop in if you are on the housing list and see what you think […]

This article from RSN online tells us that Hampshire is one of six rural authorities that can access a new fund of £500,000 to tackle flooding. Although not a great deal of money, it does aim to cut the bureaucracy behind the bids so we ashould see more of it as improvements on the ground-and […]

Jackie reports back… I have had the opportunity to discuss the proposals with the city councillors for the area and I have made the following comments (plus other details too complicated to describe without the diagrams here.. ) I will refer to the description of each plan for ease if you want to come back […]

An all-party group of local representatives was today bitterly disappointed when major improvements to the notorious ‘Cart & Horses’ junction in Kings Worthy were rejected out of hand by the Conservative cabinet member for transport. County Councillor Jackie Porter, who is also standing as the Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for 2015, who has long campaigned […]