Marc Ramsbottom for Manchester Central

Liberal Democrat Councillor for the City Centre Ward and Parliamentary Spokesperson for Manchester Central

Marc Ramsbottom

15 Most Recent Stories From Manchester Liberal Democrats Online News Stories

Tue 9th Mar 2010:

Liberal Democrat Licensing spokesperson Cllr John Commons has learnt from Council Officers that controversial plans to introduced a "lottery" system for allocating Hackney Licenses are to be shelved until after the General Election. He contacted them when the report failed to appear on next Monday's Licensing Committee Agenda

Mon 8th Mar 2010:

Withington MP John Leech welcomed today's announcement of a full funding grant for two further Manchester Metrolink extensions, to Ashton and East Didsbury.

Wed 3rd Mar 2010:

Commenting on Labour's plans to raise overall Council Tax levels by £11 whilst calling it a freeze, Manchester Lib Dem Leader Simon Ashley called for "less spin" from Labour bosses.

Tue 2nd Mar 2010:

Local MP John Leech joined forces with Breakthrough Breast Cancer on 24th February, as the charity launched the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Every Chance campaign to tackle the barriers that limit equal access for older patients to breast cancer treatments and care.

Mon 1st Mar 2010:

John Leech, MP for Manchester Withington joined campaigners on 25th February to demand that the government does not spend taxpayers' money on fish that is endangered.

Thu 25th Feb 2010:

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) leads the way to raise awareness of the barriers to communication that blind and partially sighted TV fans come up against.

Tue 23rd Feb 2010:

Withington MP John Leech and The British Heart Foundation (BHF) are calling on the people of Manchester to join National Wear Red Day on Friday 26th February 2010 and to follow the BEAT health code.

In a letter to the local MP, the Head of Highways Services spelled out that the pedestrian safety issue had not been solved by the construction of the island, outside of the Old House at Home pub, Burton Road, in Spring 2009.

Wed 17th Feb 2010:

South Manchester Rail Users' Group are having their first public meeting.

Platt Fields Park has kicked off a year of centenary celebrations with the unveiling of a new clock on the boathouse today. The local voluntary residents' group, the Friends of Platt Fields, organised the event in conjunction with the Council's parks and leisure department, and arranged funding for the clock from Sainsburys.

Mon 15th Feb 2010:

Latest figures reveal that last year there were more than 3,300 [1] cases of children in England admitted to accident and emergency departments with a potentially fatal diabetic complication, warns leading health charity Diabetes UK.

Fri 12th Feb 2010:

Manchester Liberal Democrats are shocked that Manchester's Labour run planning committee rushed through planning permission for a private football development in the grade II listed Heaton Park despite the objections from English Heritage, the Historic Gardens Society and over 2000 local people, and without even visiting the site.

Tue 9th Feb 2010:

Manchester Withington MP John Leech was invited to see the work of some local apprentices installing new windows on Friday, highlighting National Apprenticeship Week.

Withington MP John Leech hailed the beginning of construction of the Metrolink extension to south Manchester as a welcome milestone.

Tue 2nd Feb 2010:

"Manchester residents should not have to worry about a rise in their Council Tax this year whilst we fight the continuing effects of the recession in the city" says Liberal Democrat Finance Spokesperson on Manchester City Council, Withington Councillor Simon Wheale.

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