Lib Dem campaigners call for schools funding equality

Local Liberal Democrat campaigners have welcomed the announcement that Redditch has been allocated almost £1M as part of this years pupil premium, but insist that the fight for a fairer funding formula must continue.

The pupil premium will this year give schools an extra £430 per pupil who receives free school meals or has been [...]

Lib Dems welcome Church Hill regeneration

Redditch Lib Dems have welcomed the approval of ‘exciting’ plans to redevelop Church Hill’s district centre.

The plans are two phase, the first of which will see the new two story centre building take shape on what is currently a car park, the building will house a first floor medical centre, along with six ground [...]

Malcolm Hall: help us get an arts centre for Redditch

Councillor Malcolm Hall has called on local residents to get behind proposals to bring an arts centre to Redditch with a click of the mouse.

The Redditch Arts Centre Steering Group, which Cllr Hall chairs, has put in a bid for funding from the Natwest Community Force project and is now in competition with other [...]

Local Lib Dems call for action on empty homes

Redditch Liberal Democrats today called on Redditch Borough Council and community groups to take action on the town’s empty homes, with government figures reporting over 800 properties as empty within the borough.

At September’s Lib Dem conference local government minister Andrew Stunell announced new measures to help tackle the problem. In addition to the ‘new [...]