THE CONSERVATIVE  County Council in Northamptonshire has decided to turn off half the street lamps in Northamptonshire. This is in a desperate bid to save money. It will start in May – after the 5 May Borough Council elections of course! Now let’s just think about this – if lights are there in the first […]

Read who’s claiming credit for Northampton LibDem Borough Council’s hard work!

HERE IS NEWS of yet another Conservative cut that will affect local bin collections.

I HAVE RECEIVED a number of emails from local residents concerned about the imminent loss of the 12A service. This is an evening bus from the bus station to Camp Hill. It only provides three buses, leaving the bus station at 7.30pm, 8.30pm and 10.45pm. Given that the No 12 service ends at 6.45pm, the […]

CLICK ON the image to read the full facts about the outrageous Tory claims including The Saints. IT’S A QUESTION OF HONESTY!

DO YOU remember Aesop’s Fables? I’m not sure if people still read Aesop’s fables, but if you did read these as a child, do you remember the story of the ant and the grasshopper? The ant worked all summer long storing food for the winter, while the grasshopper rubbed his legs together to make his […]

ALL 45 SEATS on Northampton Borough Council are up for election on Thursday 5 May. The Liberal Democrats are fighting all 45 seats, as are the Conservatives, but Labour have failed to put up candidates for 14 of the 45 seats. There are no Labour candidates in 9 of the Borough wards. There are no […]

MOST PEOPLE don’t like speed cameras. Getting caught doing 37mph in an empty village street at midnight seems so unjust. Some cameras like the one on Rushmere Road are on hills, so to keep to 30mph on that road you have to brake continually all the way from the top of the hill. On motorways […]

AMONG THE LIST of subsidised buses under threat shown in the Chronicle and Echo recently was the No. 12A. It will end on 8 May. This is a night bus from the town centre to Camp Hill. The last No. 12 bus leaves the bus station at 18.45. The 12A then provides four additional buses for […]

FOUR YEARS AGO, faced with one of the worst performing local authorities in the country, Northampton’s voters turned to the Liberal Democrats to pull the council from the brink of government intervention and put the pride back in our town. Today, the Borough Council is in good financial shape. Local services are improving and the council is punching above its […]