Gosforth Ward (Newcastle upon Tyne Liberal Democrats)

Gosforth Ward

STOP PRESS : Liberal Democrats candidates for the City Council Elections on May 3rd are Colin FERGUSON, Philip HALL and Thomas WOODWARK

You have 3 votes for all these three candidates.

Gosforth Focus Team Under boundary changes, in May 2018 the East Gosforth Ward will become part of three new wards : Gosforth Ward (with part of the current West Gosforth Ward west of the High Street); Dene and South Gosforth Ward; while Garden Village will become part of Parklands Ward.

In the mean time, your current East Gosforth Liberal Democrat councillors Henry Gallagher, David Slesenger and Dom Raymont will continue to work hard to represent and support local residents .

The Liberal Democrats promise is "service and action all year round" so they would be pleased to hear from you with any queries or suggestions - eastgosforth@newcastle-libdems.org.uk

To receive Gosforth eFocus regularly (more news, more quickly, in more depth) in addition to the regular Gosforth Focus through your door, email "subscribe" and your postcode to gosforth.efocus@gmail.com

(Pictured here : Members of the Gosforth Focus Team Philip Hall, Colin Ferguson and Tom Woodwark man the High Street stall)

Councillors Surgery

You can also speak to Councillors and other members of the team to raise your query in person at our monthly surgery:

Street Stall on Gosforth High Street (next to BOOTS) - 1st Saturday of each month - 10.00am to 12 noon

where we are also joined by colleagues from West Gosforth and Parklands

Newcastle's bins - what do you think?

Article: Oct 2, 2018

Newcastle Liberal Democrats would like to hear from you about domestic waste and public litter bins to inform our response to the City Council'c review of its waste strategy and our manifesto for the 2019 elections. So we invite you to complete the survey which can be found at here
How Brexit uncertainty is harming the NHS, and call for it to do better by older people

Article: Jun 27, 2018

I have worked in the NHS for almost all my working life and I'm hugely proud of what the NHS achieves, Cllr Wendy Taylor who speaks on health and social care issues for the Liberal Democrats, told Newcastle City Council tonight.

As a doctor, I can't overstate how important it is to me to be able to offer my patients the best treatments available, without having to ask how much they can afford to pay. Yet as the motion says, the NHS is facing many difficulties including lack of funding, loss of staff and increasing debt. The impact of Jeremy Hunt's attack on junior doctors has been devastating, with over 50% of doctors not taking up a training post when they complete their basic training. Many are going to New Zealand or Australia, others are giving up medicine altogether. Of course many will come back to train as a GP or Consultant at a later time, but when I think of the enthusiasm and excitement of medical students when they apply to study medicine, it is so sad that much of this is lost once they qualify. And the loss of the bursaries for student nurses has been just as damaging.
Virgin Money takeover - bad news for region

Article: Jun 18, 2018

Following news that Virgin Money is to be taken over by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group, Cllr Robin Ashby, Newcastle Liberal Democrats Shadow Cabinet Member for Business, Development and Employment commented:

" This further piece of financial engineering comes at the price of quality professional jobs in Newcastle that are core to our regional economic strategy. It can therefore only be seen as a setback for us.

"Similarly, the relocation of the headquarters of a major quoted company from Tyneside to Scotland is detrimental to our image as a region which is good for business.

"The takeover is built upon the ashes of local people's investments, confiscated by a Labour Government and flogged off on the cheap by a Tory Government.

"The reported pay-off package of £12.5 million for the Chief Executive of Virgin Money will leave a very bad taste in the mouths of those 1,500 people likely to lose their jobs.

"It's a sad day, and those who will lose their jobs just to build a bigger bank have all my sympathy."
Welcome to new Liberal Democrats councillors in Newcastle

Article: May 26, 2018

The Newcastle Liberal Democrats Councillors Group consists of 19 people, representing new wards in our City.

New councillors are :

Tom Gordon - Manor Park Ward

Aidan King - Castle Ward

Colin Ferguson - Gosforth Ward

Phil Hall - Gosforth Ward

Peter Lovatt - Fawdon and West Gosforth Ward

Returning councillors
Making Newcastle better

Article: Apr 16, 2018

https://youtu.be/AGw93q_XRTI Under the Liberal Democrats from 3rd May, Newcastle upon Tyne would be a better, fairer, kinder place to live, work, study and bring up a young family.
Liberal Democrats will work hard for you locally

Article: Apr 7, 2018

Vince Cable launches the Liberal Democrats local government campaign for May elections https://www.facebook.com/VinceCableForTwickenham/videos/1762217607176990/
Garden waste contracts extended - Liberal Democrats welcome move

Article: Apr 4, 2018

The Liberal Democrats in Newcastle have welcomed the announcement today on the extension of the garden waste contracts for 2017/18. Here's today's announcement from the City Council :

Garden Waste - Missed Collections

"Due to the recent extreme weather conditions, a number of households missed one or two of their planned garden waste collections. To put this right we are extending the 2017/18 garden waste year by 3 weeks, from 22^nd May to 8^th June so that valued customers receive all 20 collections. This means that the new 2018/19 garden waste service will commence on 12^thJune 2018. We will be sending information out about this soon. Thank you for your support."
Hybrid buses shifted from North East to Leeds - will pollution here increase?

Article: Mar 26, 2018

Arriva admits it has taken 10 hybrid buses out of the North East to be used in Leeds (to avoid £100 fines??) instead but insists it has replaced them with other low-polluting models - but only Euro level 5 rather than level 6 like Sapphire buses running on some of our roads. Full story here https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/arriva-deny-north-east-air-14456535
Six to fix - Newcastle Liberal Democrats plans for our great City in 2018

Article: Mar 24, 2018

https://youtu.be/436hiwAoX10
Newcastle's recycling crisis

Article: Mar 21, 2018

First highlighted by the Liberal Democrats, now being covered by local media. Cllr Griff Kane will be on BBC Radio Newcaste Drivetime on the subject this afternoon. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/how-much-people-newcastle-costing-14435877#ICID=sharebar_twitter