After asking my question at Cabinet (see The Future of Hardy Street) I stayed on to listen to two other agenda items that were of interest. One was the decision to advertise for an Empty Homes Officer to help deal with the number of empty homes in the District.  This interested me as for the […]

On May 2nd, you will have the chance to choose who will represent you on the County Council.  As you can see from our manifesto opposite, by choosing to elect a Lib Dem, you will get someone who will work hard for you, your community and for Nottinghamshire. Since getting involved in local politics 2 […]

Today Labour are organising demonstrations against what they call the Bedroom Tax, ignoring the fact that it is neither a tax nor is it being charged on all bedrooms.  They have spent much effort in the last few months putting out misleading information on the Under-occupancy Surcharge, scaring old people (existing pensioners are exempt), those […]

As I posted in April one of things that struck me was the number of empty houses & buildings that I saw.  From asking around, I found that many of them had been empty for months &, in many cases, years.  With many families in the area that need a home and council housing being […]

After walking around the Ward for the last few weeks, I have been astonished by the number of properties that have been left empty, some for a number of years. I am not talking about houses, flats & commercial properties that are being renovated or are availabe to buy or let but those that have […]