On July 3rd, the people of Bury will be asked to vote in a referendum. You should have already received your polling cards and people who have a postal vote should have received their ballot papers in the last few days. Everyone will have their chance to say whether or not you want the way […]

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR POST OFFICES – SAY NO TO CLOSURE Under proposals submitted by The Post Office and supported by the Labour Government, a further 5 Post Offices are being proposed for closure in the Bury area. They are at Limefield on Walmersley Road, Ainsworth Road, Radcliffe, Elton, Greenmount and Rochdale Road. We believe these […]

Liberal Democrats have continued to move forward on Bury Council making another gain from Labour and holding off a challenges from the Conservatives. This is the fifth election in a row in Bury where we have made gains. Full results to follow, but in our key wards in Prestwich the results were as follows: Holyrood […]

Election statement to readers of the Bury Times: Liberal Democrats across Bury have had a brilliant response from local residents. People are telling us that they are fed up of Labour closing post offices, taxing poorer people and watching the economy slide. People are uncertain what the Conservatives stand for, and haven’t noticed any improvement […]

Liberal Democrats have announced a full team of candidates to contest the elections for Bury Council on Thursday 1 May 2008. One third of the seats on the Council are up for election, with one councillor to be elected in each of the 17 wards. Two Councillors are seeking re-election – Vic D’Albert in Holyrood […]

Liberal  Democrats in Bury have accused Ivan Lewis MP and David Chaytor MP of failing to support local services after they voted to support the Government’s massive post office closure programme. The Government has ordered that one in five branches be closed. Opposition MPs tried to stop the closure programme on 19th March when a […]

Lib Dem’s Secure More Money for Children and Young People, and more money for Parks and Cleaner Streets  Liberal Democrat Councillors saved services for young people and vulnerable children and secured extra expenditure on much needed environmental services such as parks, cleaner streets and environmental enforcement in Bury Council’s budget for next year. The Lib […]

The proposal to introduce a congestion charge for Manchester raises too many questions for local people and should be opposed – say local Lib Dems. Liberal Democrats in Prestwich have raised concerns about the proposals to charge local people up to £5 a day for driving into into Manchester with toll points at the M60 and […]