Extra £1.5 million for adult social care rejected by Poole Tories During the budget debate Lib Dems identified an extra £1.5 million for adult social care, together with £500,000 for young people that could be made available from the Council’s coffers, but the Conservatives rejected the proposal along with £96,000 for additional community support and […]

Speech by Cllr Mike Brooke, Leader, Liberal Democrat Group, Poole Borough Council, in response ot the council Budget for 2011/12

Closure of Merley Youth Club Personal Statement by Cllr David Brown to other members of the Efficiency and Effectiveness Overview and Scrutiny Committee. Members will be aware of the crisis that has happened this past week with the closure of Merley Youth Club and the dramatic effect this has had on dozens of local families […]

The Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference was held at the Bournemouth International Centre from 13 – 17 September this year and attracted 6,000 delegates from across the country, including hundreds of Lib Dem Councillors as well as MPs, MEPs and many party members there to have their say on party policy. The Autumn conference offers the chance to […]

The new Co-op store in Bearwood opened its doors in November after taking over from Somerfield. This is great news for Bearwood as it has secured the jobs of the current staff and Co-op have already recruited many more staff from the local area. The new manager, Darren, and his team have met with Cllr […]

Two blocks of 22 garages on King John Avenue have been demolished by Poole Housing Partnership. This is following severe problems with vandalism, graffiti and recent fires which had made them unsafe and unusable. The ground has been left for car parking spaces but we are keen to hear from residents with their views on […]

At the last Area Meeting an agreement was reached for the installation of traffic lights and a right turn from Oakley Lane onto Oakley Hill. This will ease traffic flow out of Oakley Lane and will reduce u-turns at the nearby A31 roundabout. The aim is that this will also speed up the bus connections […]

Your local Lib Dem Councillors and Poole Council were pleased to support The Lantern Church for a community Action Day litter pick, part of ‘Hope 2008’ a community scheme to donate 1000 hours of kindness. An overwhelming number of people of all ages turned out to clean up the local area in Merley with dozens […]

Don’t forget Canford Bridge is now closed to traffic until mid October. The bridge will be open to pedestrians and cyclists only during this period. Cllr Maiden and Cllr Brown visited the site on 14th July with Council engineers and transportation officers to inspect the progress being made. There is a lot of difficult work […]

There was overwhelming support from your local councillors at the last Area Meeting for there to be a 20mph. zone around Merley First School. A large part of Harrier Drive, Oakley Straight and Sopwith Crescent will have parking restrictions within this zone, and there will be zone warning signs installed. These signs will be large […]