http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Richard Burt and West Worcestershire Liberal Democrats en-GB Richard Burt and West Worcestershire Liberal Democrats http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Richard Burt and West Worcestershire Liberal Democrats 2010-03-11T16:57+00:00 United Kingdom http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000482/richard_backs_community_pubs_and_local_brewers.html Richard Burt has today committed to: 2010-03-02T16:37+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000480/hands_off_local_print_jobs.html Richard Burt has written to Malvern Hills District Council's Leader, Councillor Philip Grove, calling on him to stop the Council taking 'cut price' printing orders that undermine the work of local printing firms. 2010-02-23T17:22+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000481/all_bets_off_on_lib_dem_win_in_west_worcestershire.html Betting giant, Ladbrokes have suspended betting on a Liberal Democrat win in West Worcestershire after the odds shortened from 7-1 to 4-1 in recent weeks. 2010-02-23T17:21+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000479/decision_on_defra_flood_defence_grants_for_tenbury_expected_soon.html Richard Burt, who last year warned local councils that they needed to pull together with other agencies to make any progress on flood defences, said that the town now faces a nervous wait to see if Tenbury would benefit from a bid for the next round of Defra grants to protect individual homes from flooding. 2010-02-18T11:26+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000478/last_few_days_to_help_save_national_flood_forum.html Richard Burt has made a last minute plea to residents to sign a petition on the Prime Minister's website calling for public funding to help save the National Flood Forum. 2010-02-17T08:26+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000477/a_very_conservative_coup.html Richard Burt revealed today that the recent selection of a former Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank as the Conservative candidate for Bromsgrove has taken the total of influential Tory candidates from banking and finance backgrounds to 64, including seven in West Midlands constituencies. 2010-02-14T18:55+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000476/noisy_train_reversing_point_to_stay.html Richard Burt said he was "deeply disappointed" as he finally admitted defeat in his efforts to get a turning point for high speed trains in Malvern Wells moved. 2010-02-09T12:00+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000475/rates_hike_could_put_traders_out_of_business.html Shop owners on Pershore High Street are facing an average 80% to 90% increase in site valuations for business rates that will come into effect from 1st April. 2010-02-07T20:33+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000474/northwest_link_road_routes_blight_village_homes.html Richard Burt today slammed Worcestershire County Council for publishing alternative routes for the City's Northwest Link Road on their website half way through their consultation process and naming houses close to the route that would suffer from noise pollution and other disturbances. 2010-02-06T12:30+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000472/tories_in_complete_disarray_over_housing_and_transport_plans.html Richard Burt today slammed the Conservatives over their handling of mass housing and transport plans, saying they were "in complete disarray" and had made "monumental blunders that could adversely affect our local communities for generations to come". 2010-02-02T11:00+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000471/richard_vows_to_help_hotel_staff_in_their_fight_for_fair_treatment.html Richard Burt visited staff locked in at the Foley Arms Hotel yesterday and vowed to help them in their fight to get their wages, redundancy money and holiday pay from the employers who summarily closed the Hotel without notice last Monday. 2010-01-28T12:15+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000470/richard_to_meet_with_foley_arms_staff.html Richard Burt will meet with staff at the Foley Arms in Malvern tomorrow, following news that the one of town's best known hotels has ceased trading. Richard said he was "shocked" to hear news of the sudden closure, which was relayed to staff by email after men arrived to board up the windows. 2010-01-26T19:54+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000469/local_councils_are_ultimately_to_blame_for_city_expansion_bid_in_broadheath.html Representatives of Bloor Homes were left in no doubt as to the opposition of Broadheath residents who flocked in their hundreds to Broadheath Village Hall last Saturday to see their plans for a New Town the size of Pershore on their doorstep. 2010-01-24T10:12+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000468/richard_burt_to_question_nhs_bosses_on_head_and_neck_cancer_surgery.html Richard Burt will question Worcestershire NHS bosses on the future of Head and Neck cancer surgery at Worcester Royal. The questions will be put at a meeting of the NHS Worcestershire Board due to take place Wychavon Civic Centre in Pershore tomorrow (20 January). 2010-01-19T12:35+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/news/000467/lib_dems_submit_housing_report_to_west_midlands_select_committee.html Richard Burt today submitted alternative proposals to mass housing development in South Worcestershire to an enquiry set up by the West Midlands Parliamentary Select Committee, scrutinising progress on the Regional Spatial Strategy. 2010-01-12T15:10+00:00