City Centre News : New FOCUS newsletter for the City Centre
Cllr Fraser Macpherson has today (Tuesday 7th March) produced a special edition of his FOCUS newsletter for constituents in the City Centre part of Tay Bridges Ward.
7 Mar 2006
National News
Government admits CIA flights landed in Britain and Iraq has cost £4 billion
In a letter to Sir Menzies Campbell MP, the Government last night admitted for the first time that aircraft suspected of being used by the CIA to transport detainees to secret interrogation centres had landed at British military airfields. Michael Moore, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesperson said "Another week, another grudging admission from the Government. There is now a well-established pattern of partial disclosures after repeated denials. These are disturbing revelations. Were these rendition flights or not? Ministers must urgently obtain answers from the US Government."
7 Mar 2006
Clive Sneddon backs Steel Commission calls for new powers for Scottish Parliament
Dundee East Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesperson Dr Clive Sneddon has today (7th March 2006) welcomed the report by a team of senior Liberal Democrats chaired by former Scottish Parliament Presiding Officer David Steel.
7 Mar 2006
Tories Continue to Push For Cuts to the Voluntary Sector
Conservative-run Surrey County Council today refused to maintain current funding to the county's voluntary sector, choosing instead to oppose a Liberal Democrat motion which had called for an end to the proposed £838,000 cut in funding. Fiona White, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Adults and Community Care, said after the meeting that the Tory amendment to the motion was "woolly" and had no funding substance to it on which the voluntary organisations could rely.
7 Mar 2006
West End News : Councillor welcomes preservation of footpath access
Dundee LibDem City Councillor for Tay Bridges Ward, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, has welcomed a commitment that pedestrian access along the north side of Riverside Drive will be safely maintained during construction of more than 200 flats on the site of the former Homebase store.
7 Mar 2006
Surrey County Council Must Not Cut Support to Surrey's Voluntary Sector.
This Motion to Council is not an attempt to ignore the financial situation in which we find ourselves. Rather, it is a recognition of that situation and the need to get the best possible returns for the investment of the Council's money. Let me ask councillors a question. What sort of return do you think we get for every one pound given in grant to a voluntary organisation? Is it three pounds, six pounds, ten pounds? The information which I have gleaned leads me to believe that it is ten pounds or above; if so, the effect of the cuts will be more than £8 million in service provision. I think that any business would be delighted to have such a return on their investment and within a very short space of time.
CCFW
7 Mar 2006