Plymouth Liberal Democrats have slammed council plans to auction off one of the city’s most cherished historic buildings – Pounds House, in Peverell – calling on the Labour-run council to reverse the decision.
At last week’s full City Council meeting [2 June], Plymouth Liberal Democrat councillor Dylan Tippetts raised Labour’s cuts to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund with the cabinet member for children’s social services.
Plymouth Liberal Democrats have blasted the Labour Government after not a single penny has been earmarked for Devon, including Plymouth, or Cornwall in their newly announced £15.6 BILLION transport spending blitz.
Councillor Dylan Tippetts cast his first votes in the council chamber as a Liberal Democrat today [2 June], including to defend Personal Independence Payments, received by disabled people, from swingeing cuts by the Labour Government.
Cllr Dylan Tippetts, who represents Compton ward on Plymouth City Council, has this week joined the Liberal Democrats and will now sit as a Lib Dem councillor.
The Plymouth Liberal Democrats have announced their support for the proposal to introduce a directly elected mayor. Local residents will vote on the idea in a citywide referendum on 17 July.
