Lib Dem speed camera plan for Cheadle & Gatley

by Lib Dem team on 17 June, 2021

The Lib Dem team are looking at buying speed cameras for Cheadle & Gatley. We’ve found a company that sells solar-powered speed cameras for under £600 each. They can’t be used to fine people, but they can act as a deterrent and information on regular speeders can be passed to the police. Evidence of persistent […]

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The next Cheadle Area Committee will be at 6pm on Tuesday 22 June 2021. Because the government has refused to extend the law allowing virtual council meetings, we have to meet in person. To allow social distancing, the meeting will be held in the council chamber at the Town Hall. Members of the public are […]

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Residents of the South Park Road Estate have been complaining about poor visibility at the slip-road junction. The Lib Dem team reported it to Highways England but, with nothing happening and reports of near misses coming it, Keith decided it was time to act. Keith took his strimmer down to the junction on Thursday and […]

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Kingsway School plants tree for Duke of Edinburgh

by Lib Dem team on 10 June, 2021

Cllr Keith Holloway joined staff and students at The Kingsway School, Stockport Mayor Adrian Nottingham and other luminaries, planting a tree to celebrate the legacy of Prince Phillip on what would have been his 100th birthday. The school says: Today, we were chosen by the Greater Manchester The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to host a […]

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Community balsam bashing – Sat 19th June

by Lib Dem team on 10 June, 2021

From the Bee a Pollinator project: I am writing to you to invite you for be a part of a Groundwork GM project ‘Bee a Pollinator’. Our project focuses on invasive species management along the Mersey River. We are working with the Mersey Rivers Trust to deliver this programme across multiple sites and would like […]

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Labour, who run Stockport Council with Conservative backing, are to consult on permanently moving Stockport Central Library from its current location on the A6 into Merseyway. The plan, revealed in papers published yesterday, is for a three-stage consultation starting on 5 July, with a final decision being taken before Christmas. However, some people are saying […]

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No change for Cheadle

by Lib Dem team on 8 June, 2021

The Boundary Commission has released its proposals for updated constituencies across the country. There are a lot of changes across the country, but Cheadle constituency is proposed to stay the same. Cheadle constituency consists of 7 wards, and this is proposed to stay the same: Cheadle & Gatley Heald Green Cheadle Hulme North Cheadle Hulme […]

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The Government is quietly pushing through a new rule that will force GPs to share our private medical data with third parties for research. The medical data of millions of patients will be very valuable – and useful – for research, but there are serious concerns and you only have until 23 June 2021 to […]

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Gatley Food Bank carries on being amazing

by Lib Dem team on 3 June, 2021

Keith, Graham and Iain would again like to thank all the volunteers who have run Gatley Food Bank through the pandemic and helped so many people across Gatley, Cheadle and Wythenshawe. We dropped by on Saturday morning, when the team were taking donations as well as starting a 10k fundraising walk/run. The food bank is […]

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Thousands of bin collections missed

by Lib Dem team on 3 June, 2021

Complaints flooded in on Wednesday as thousands of green bin collections were missed right across Cheadle and Gatley, and into Cheadle Hulme. Cllr Sheila Bailey, the Labour councillor in charge of bins, has issued a statement about the missed bin collections. “Our waste collection contractors TLC have been experiencing increased levels of sickness and Covid […]

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