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Council Bans Twitter 22 June 2009 - Plymouth City Council and Iran both try to ban Twitter Plymouth Labour has reacted with disappointment to the decision by Barry Keel, the Chief Executive of Plymouth City Council, to ban democratically elected councillors from using Twitter. Councillor Tudor Evans, who tweets using @councillortudor, said: "Banning Twitter is another kneejerk reaction from a council that is barely able to cope with email let alone YouTube and Facebook. It is worrying that a Council has banned democratically elected Councillors from communicating the political process in Plymouth. Let's be clear this isn't about Twitter, this is about the...
Labour calls in Citybus Decision 12 June 2009 - Labour Halts Citybus Decision Plymouth's Labour Councillors have today called a halt to the decision of the council's Cabinet to investigate the sale of Citybus by calling the matter in for further scrutiny. Labour says it is responding to an astonishing week of revelations in which one Cabinet member, Ian Bowyer, has been forced to declare he holds a conflict of interest due to his shareholding in one of the companies looking to buy the council owned bus company. Councillor Bowyer had earlier failed to declare any interest at all whilst sitting in the Cabinet meeting...
Luke slams Tory position on Citybus 3 June 2009 Labour's Luke Pollard has slammed Tory plans to privatise Citybus at a public meeting organised by The Herald. At the special European Election question time event Luke called for the Tories to come clean on Council plans to privatise Plymouth's publicly owned bus company, Citybus. Luke said: "If the Tory Council did not plan to privatise Citybus why are they spending nearly a million pounds investigating how much the company is worth? This is the same council that cannot afford to fill the city's potholes and has to close public toilets because it is short of...
Save Plymouth CityBus 30 May 2009 Plymouth Labour Unite to fight Citybus "sell off on wheels" Plymouth Labour Party activists today launch a city wide campaign to stop the Council selling off one of the City's most valuable assets. The Conservative-led council cabinet will agree this week to spend up to £940,000 of public money to privatise the company. Labour Group Leader Cllr Tudor Evans said: "The bus company helps control the price of bus fares in Plymouth. Cities that don't have a council owned bus company have all seen their fares rise much higher than they are here. Pensioners will continue to...
Luke praises Coombe Dean School's wind turbine application Government Planners have over-turned the Tory Council's planning decision to oppose Coombe Dean School's wind turbine application. Labour has supported the school's application for two wind turbines to generate 20-25%...
Tory Affordable Housing Cut Labour members from across Plymouth have been asking local people in the City to sign a petition opposing changes to planning policy in the City that would meand developers are...
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3 June 2009 Labour's Luke Pollard has slammed Tory plans to privatise Citybus at a public meeting organised by The Herald. At the special European Election question time event Luke called for the Tories to come clean on Council plans to privatise Plymouth's publicly owned bus company, Citybus. Luke said: "If the Tory Council did not plan to privatise Citybus why are they spending nearly a million pounds investigating how much the company is worth? This is the same council that cannot afford to fill the city's potholes and has to close public toilets because it is short of...