Derbyshire's Conservatives launch their manifesto for the Derbyshire County Council May elections
THE county's Conservatives have launched the 15-page manifesto which they hope will help them maintain control of Derbyshire County Council after the May local elections.
The Tory group – including Transport Secretary and Derbyshire Dales MP Patrick McLoughlin – was in Matlock on Friday for the event.
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Derbyshire County Council leader and Conservative group leader Andrew Lewer.
The council is currently under Conservative control following the 2009 elections, when the party won the county from Labour after 28 years of trying.
Andrew Lewer, Tory group leader, said: "We offer Derbyshire people a competent and capable team with moderate but progressive ideas – this manifesto highlights some of those ideas.
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"It is not simply a list of the services we provide – we are committed to those services and will protect them but also reshape them to withstand the pressures they will face in the years ahead."
For more on this story, see Saturday's Derby Telegraph or visit www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk on the same day.
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by DerbyFoE
Friday, March 15 2013, 11:57PM
“Heres what they can do to protect our recycling services and thus tackle climate change, pollution and health, as well as saving £25 million.
WITHDRAW FROM THE WASTEFUL WASTE INCINERATION CONTRACT, WHICH WASTES OUR HEALTH, MONEY, CARBON TARGETS AND NEGATES ZERO WASTE. THE CONTRACT MEANS - 1/EXTRA 'DEATHS BROUGHT FORWARD' AND 2-6 MONTHS loss of life expectancy, because of emissions from the incinerator stack and associated traffic DERBY PEOPLE ALREADY LIVE A FULL YEAR LESS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, YET THE CITY COUNCIL HAS STATED THAT GENERAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE OF DERBY WILL NOT IMPROVE IF AIR QUALITY DOES NOT IMPROVE (LTP3)
2/AIR QUALITY WILL WORSEN IN TWO AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT AREAS FOR NITROGEN DIOXIDE AND PARTICULATES, plus 172,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide will be produced each year, (SSAIN evidence) as well as dioxin (Agent Orange) which under the POPS Treaty (signed by UK) we are supposed to stop creating. The Derby prototype incineration plant on the IOW is to be shut down as they cannot get it to work, despite feeding it with thousands of tonnes of diesel fuel, TO SET FIRE TO WET WASTE. It has also breached dioxin limits by 800 %. Yet it is deigned it is alright to build such an experimental, non-proven incinerator in the city
3/ COUNCIL TAX WILL HAVE TO BE INCREASED YEARLY, AS THE CITY AND COUNTY COUNCIL ADMITTED TO DEFRA THAT THEY COULD NOT AFFORD THE INCINERATOR
4/ FORCE US ALL TO PUT MORE WASTE RESOURCES INTO THE BLACKBIN – (RRS/SHANKS NEED 13,000 tonnes of 'ORGANIC' & 'CALORIFIC' WASTE, WHICH IS ALREADY RECYCLED) THE PREVIOUS INSPECTOR FOUND THIS WOULD INTERFERE WITH RECYCLING (NB City council HAS ADMITTED THAT RECYCLING RATES WILL DROP WHEN PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO THROW FOODWASTE (CURRENTLY COMPOSTED) INTO THE BLACKBIN. RECYCLING RATES HAVE ALREADY DROPPED BY 2% IN THE CITY, COINCIDENTALLY IN THE SAME YEAR THAT ONE RRS INCINERATOR OFFICER TOOK OVER THE 5 RECYCLING OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR JOBS AND WHO GOT THIS CITY FROM 0-ALMOST 50% RECYCLING RATES, IN LESS THAN TEN YEARS.
5/ RECYCLING CREATES 59-112 JOBS PER 10,000 TONNES OF WASTE RESOURCES WHILE INCINERATION ONLY CREATES 10 (DEMOS)
Derby and South Derbyshire Friends of the Earth”
by DerbyFoE
Friday, March 15 2013, 11:55PM
“Heres what they can do to protect our recycling services and thus tackle climate change, pollution and health, as well as saving £25 million.
WITHDRAW FROM THE WASTEFUL WASTE INCINERATION CONTRACT, WHICH WASTES OUR HEALTH, MONEY, CARBON TARGETS AND NEGATES ZERO WASTE. THE CONTRACT MEANS - 1/EXTRA 'DEATHS BROUGHT FORWARD' AND 2-6 MONTHS loss of life expectancy, because of emissions from the incinerator stack and associated traffic DERBY PEOPLE ALREADY LIVE A FULL YEAR LESS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, YET THE CITY COUNCIL HAS STATED THAT GENERAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE OF DERBY WILL NOT IMPROVE IF AIR QUALITY DOES NOT IMPROVE (LTP3)
2/AIR QUALITY WILL WORSEN IN TWO AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT AREAS FOR NITROGEN DIOXIDE AND PARTICULATES, plus 172,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide will be produced each year, (SSAIN evidence) as well as dioxin (Agent Orange) which under the POPS Treaty (signed by UK) we are supposed to stop creating. The Derby prototype incineration plant on the IOW is to be shut down as they cannot get it to work, despite feeding it with thousands of tonnes of diesel fuel. It has also breached dioxin limits by 800 %. Yet it is deigned it is alright to build such an experimental, non-proven incinerator in the city
3/ COUNCIL TAX WILL HAVE TO BE INCREASED YEARLY, AS THE CITY AND COUNTY COUNCIL ADMITTED TO DEFRA THAT THEY COULD NOT AFFORD THE INCINERATOR
4/ FORCE US ALL TO PUT MORE WASTE RESOURCES INTO THE BLACKBIN – (RRS/SHANKS NEED 13,000 tonnes of 'ORGANIC' & 'CALORIFIC' WASTE, WHICH IS ALREADY RECYCLED) THE PREVIOUS INSPECTOR FOUND THIS WOULD INTERFERE WITH RECYCLING (NB City council HAS ADMITTED THAT RECYCLING RATES WILL DROP WHEN PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO THROW FOODWASTE (CURRENTLY COMPOSTED) INTO THE BLACKBIN. rECYCLING ARTES HAVE ALREADY DROPPED BY 2% IN THE CITY, COINCIDENTALLY IN THE SAME YEAR THAT ONE RRS INCINERATOR OFFICER TOOK OVER THE 5 RECYCLING OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR JOBS AND WHO GOT THIS CITY FROM 0-ALMOST 50% RECYCLING RATES, IN LESS THAN TEN YEARS.
5/ RECYCLING CREATES 59-112 JOBS PER 10,000 TONNES OF WASTE RESOURCES WHILE INCINERATION ONLY CREATES 10 (DEMOS)
Derby and South Derbyshire Friends of the Earth”
by DerbyFoE
Friday, March 15 2013, 11:55PM
“Heres what they can do to protect our recycling services and thus tackle climate change, pollution and health, as well as saving £25 million.
WITHDRAW FROM THE WASTEFUL WASTE INCINERATION CONTRACT, WHICH WASTES OUR HEALTH, MONEY, CARBON TARGETS AND NEGATES ZERO WASTE. THE CONTRACT MEANS - 1/EXTRA 'DEATHS BROUGHT FORWARD' AND 2-6 MONTHS loss of life expectancy, because of emissions from the incinerator stack and associated traffic DERBY PEOPLE ALREADY LIVE A FULL YEAR LESS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, YET THE CITY COUNCIL HAS STATED THAT GENERAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE OF DERBY WILL NOT IMPROVE IF AIR QUALITY DOES NOT IMPROVE (LTP3)
2/AIR QUALITY WILL WORSEN IN TWO AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT AREAS FOR NITROGEN DIOXIDE AND PARTICULATES, plus 172,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide will be produced each year, (SSAIN evidence) as well as dioxin (Agent Orange) which under the POPS Treaty (signed by UK) we are supposed to stop creating. The Derby prototype incineration plant on the IOW is to be shut down as they cannot get it to work, despite feeding it with thousands of tonnes of diesel fuel. It has also breached dioxin limits by 800 %. Yet it is deigned it is alright to build such an experimental, non-proven incinerator in the city
3/ COUNCIL TAX WILL HAVE TO BE INCREASED YEARLY, AS THE CITY AND COUNTY COUNCIL ADMITTED TO DEFRA THAT THEY COULD NOT AFFORD THE INCINERATOR
4/ FORCE US ALL TO PUT MORE WASTE RESOURCES INTO THE BLACKBIN – (RRS/SHANKS NEED 13,000 tonnes of 'ORGANIC' & 'CALORIFIC' WASTE, WHICH IS ALREADY RECYCLED) THE PREVIOUS INSPECTOR FOUND THIS WOULD INTERFERE WITH RECYCLING (NB City council HAS ADMITTED THAT RECYCLING RATES WILL DROP WHEN PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO THROW FOODWASTE (CURRENTLY COMPOSTED) INTO THE BLACKBIN. rECYCLING ARTES HAVE ALREADY DROPPED BY 2% IN THE CITY, COINCIDENTALLY IN THE SAME YEAR THAT ONE RRS INCINERATOR OFFICER TOOK OVER THE 5 RECYCLING OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR JOBS AND WHO GOT THIS CITY FROM 0-ALMOST 50% RECYCLING RATES, IN LESS THAN TEN YEARS.
5/ RECYCLING CREATES 59-112 JOBS PER 10,000 TONNES OF WASTE RESOURCES WHILE INCINERATION ONLY CREATES 10 (DEMOS)
Derby and South Derbyshire Friends of the Earth”