Fagley is well on its way to getting its own park for the community behind Fagley Youth & Community Centre - the new Beaumont Park.

This is a result of the Fagley Flip events and all the hard work of Alan and Steve at the the youth centre with the help and support of your local Lib Dem Councillors.

Residents on Fenby Gardens are angry as Labour and Conservative Councillors on the Planning Committee voted together to allow more housing on nearby green space.

Despite being in the room Local Councillors failed to speak against the application.

Local campaigner Tracey Leeming said, "I was shocked to see that local Councillors did not support the objectors. If they supported the plans they should have said so. Local people deserve to have their voices heard."

Councillor David Ward, Liberal Democrat PPC for Bradford East, has welcomed a law which will enable councillors to represent the views of residents at Licensing Panels. Previously in order to speak to the panel councillors needed to live near the premises seeking the license or represent a named resident.

Local residents in Bradford are angry that the Labour Government is cutting £18 Million of funding to West Yorkshire Police.

Under the government's own assessment West Yorkshire police should be receiving £18 Million extra a year. Lib Dem PPC for Bradford East David Ward finds this unacceptable,

"I want to see more police on the beat to stop anti-social behaviour and crime. We need urgent action now."

Residents living in and around the centre of Idle village were pleased to hear that the Council had refused planning permission for another restaurant on The Green in Idle.

"We have enough take-aways and restaurants," said David Ward, PPC for Bradford East and local Councillor. "We want the village to have a bigger variety of shops open during the day. We have asked the Council to address the litter being generated by customers outside the takeaways and some of the pubs and to take action to make sure they clean up outside their premises every day."

Residents, PPC for Bradford East David Ward and local Councillors have won their fight to keep open public access to the popular Birk Hill in Thackley.

Used by many families and local groups, last year local residents found to their horror Council workers putting up fences on Birk Hill to enclose the area. After getting in touch with local Councillor David Ward the work was stopped whilst Council Officers met with local residents to discuss the plans. It became clear that the Council wanted to enclose the land for grazing, denying access to the the hill which had always been open to the public.

The Liberal Democrats have announced a major funding commitment to boost education in Bradford.

Nick Clegg has this week set out the Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment for a Pupil Premium that would invest around £44m of extra cash in Bradford schools, raising the funding for disadvantaged pupils to private school levels.

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We will be the party of fairness, says leader of Liberal Democrats at rally in Bradford

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg vowed to give power back to the people when he spoke to residents in Bradford on Thursday.

The politician gave a run down of his party's key policies to an audience of 100 people at Karmand Community Centre, in Barkerend.

Cllr David Ward has hit out at Tory proposals to axe over £5m from the budget for Adult Services. He said,

" This budget is under huge pressure with people living longer, an increasing number of people with learning difficulties and people requiring more care as they get older. They need £5.5m to cope with everything from adults with learning difficulties and school leavers with physical disabilities to continuing care for older people.