http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Guy Voizey - standing up for our area en-GB Guy Voizey - standing up for our area http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Guy Voizey - standing up for our area 2010-03-10T17:08+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000066/tories_to_concrete_over_countryside.html The Conservatives on the City Council have been criticised for adopting a short-sighted approach to the development of the local area. 2010-02-26T10:26+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000065/whitstable_oneway_letter_to_editor_of_whitstable_gazette.html It is a stretch to refer to the latest ideas to manage Whitstable's traffic as a 'plan'. There are significant flaws, as the ideas have yet to be developed into a workable scheme. Even at this early stage, the best estimate of the costs is £2 million. KCC admits there is no money in the budget to fund these ideas. 2010-02-15T14:29+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000064/save_canterbury_museums.html Conservative-controlled Canterbury City Council has announced plans to close the Roman Museum and the Westgate Towers Museum in Canterbury. 2010-02-11T00:00+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000063/liberal_democrats_launch_general_election_plans_on_policing.html Liberal Democrats in Canterbury and Whitstable have today set out their General Election plans to put more police on the beat. 2010-02-03T00:00+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000062/liberal_democrats_announce_education_funding_commitment_for_kent.html The Liberal Democrats have announced a major funding commitment to boost education in Kent schools. 2010-01-28T00:00+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000061/4400_empty_houses_should_be_brought_back_into_use.html There are over 4,400 empty properties across the Canterbury City Council area which are no longer used as homes but can be brought back into use with some investment. Under Liberal Democrat proposals, people who own these homes will get a grant or a cheap loan to renovate them so they can be used: grants if the home is for social housing, loans for private use. 2010-01-18T17:48+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000060/local_doctors_receive_250000_in_ash_cash_payments.html Doctors working in the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust earned over £250,000 last year in so called 'ash cash' payments made by grieving families, figures released today by the Liberal Democrats have revealed. The payment is made to doctors to sign a form releasing a body for cremation. Last year payments were made on 1,815 occasions in East Kent. 2010-01-18T17:47+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000058/letter_to_editor_of_kentish_gazette.html The city council has set out its vision for the future of the district in its Core Strategy Options Report. The council's strategy lacks imagination. At the moment, the council's strategy suggests building thousands of new houses on green field sites to the south of Canterbury, on land highlighted as an Area of High Landscape Value. If concreted over, this landscape will be lost forever. There will be other problems too - for example, it will make congestion around the city centre worse. 2010-01-07T00:00+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000059/good_news_for_current_and_future_students.html By Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats 2010-01-03T00:00+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000057/dithering_and_secrecy_over_the_football_hub.html Canterbury City Council's controversial plans to build a £5m football hub at Ridlands Farm off South Canterbury Road have still not been made public. Originally these were to have been out for public consultation in the autumn. 2010-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000056/10500_new_homes__there_is_a_better_way.html The Labour government requires us to build 10,500 new homes in the district by 2026. The city council has published its plans on where it proposes they should be sited. 2009-12-22T00:00+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000055/time_for_20mph_zones_to_be_introduced_in_all_residential_areas_in_canterbury_and_whitstable.html Guy Voizey, parliamentary spokesman for Canterbury and Whitstable Liberal Democrats, has welcomed the Department for Transport's announcement that they will encourage councils to introduce 20mph zones in residential areas. He is calling on Kent Highways to introduce 20mph zones in all residential areas in Canterbury and Whitstable as soon as possible. 2009-12-16T16:13+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000054/council_budget_cover_up_exposed.html The Council appear to have deliberately misled the public over the extent of cuts in local services needed to balance the books. A Government grant INCREASE this year means there is actually no need for museums and toilets to close. 2009-12-11T14:11+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000053/canterbury_city_council_drops_out_of_elite_group_of_councils.html After achieving the top rank and getting the 5th highest score given to any council by the Audit Commission just over 5 years ago, Canterbury City Council has now slipped down the rankings in its latest performance assessment. 2009-12-11T14:09+00:00 http://www.guyvoizey.org.uk/news/000052/green_or_a_deeper_shade_of_blue.html David Cameron's Tory MEPs have launched a last minute attempt to scupper the EU's Copenhagen position of cutting carbon emissions and increasing climate change aid for developing countries. 2009-12-03T09:08+00:00