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How Newcastle City Council staff think efficiency can be improved.
Extracts from the Council's consultation with staff as part of the budget process:
Extracts from the Council's consultation with staff as part of the budget process:
Councillor Ashby commented : The proposals in Labour's budget for Newcastle City Council are no more the latest chapter in a sorry story of the current administration's control of our great city.…
Liberal Democrats are to challenge Newcastle Core Strategy greenfield housebuilding target after new DCLG figures suggest it's 36% too high: 7000 homes may not be needed after all
Liberal Democrat councillors will speak against a number of the proposals in the budget, and in particular the closure of the visitor information centre, parking charges for blue badge holders, the…
A LAST WORD FROM THE COMMONS by Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith, MP for the Berwick constituency
Ever since the roundabout at the junction of Hollywood Avenue and the High Street was changed to traffic lights Gosforth Liberal Democrats have been shocked by the traffic problems we have seen on…
Dr Wendy Taylor, prospective Liberal Democrat candidate for the Newcastle East parliamentary constituency, has welcomed the prospect of major devolution for the North East after the Coalition…
Ouseburn Liberal Democrats are leading a campaign to save the Night Noise service on behalf of the whole city. They've just written to The Journal on the subject:
Recently John, Lord Shipley spoke in the House of Lords on these issues, all of which can be barriers to local growth. He said :