Richard Baum

Local Lib Dems secured unanimous Council backing for two motions at last night’s meeting of Bury Council. The first called for action to stop the potential loss of another 6 post offices in Bury, in addition to the 16 already lost here. It called on the government to halt the post office closure programme, to stop removing government business from post offices, and to consider the options to give more government business to the post office. It also called on The Leader of the Council to write to government expressing the Council’s views.

The second motion was an amendment to an existing motion, and congratulated the government and GMPTA on the decision to extend free bus travel for OAPs, and in Greater Manchester to extend this to trams and trains. But it called on the government to go further, and introduce free bus travel for young people, and extend the yellow bus scheme to every secondary school in England, at no additional cost to local taxpayers or existing public transport users.

Both the post office motion and the buses amendment passed unanimously on a great evening for Lib Dems - showcasing our commitment to protecting local services in Bury, and our willingness to stand up for what local people across the Borough want.

Rick