County Councillor Mark Jewell is backing Nick Clegg’s Fairer Tax campaign. Launched at the Lib Dems Autumn Conference in Brighton, the Fairer Tax campaign seeks to make sure that the super rich pay their fair share and to cut the tax bill of ordinary people. If successful this would mean that since entering the coalition, […]

A PRESTON Boxing Club is celebrating after receiving grant monies which will enable it to build a new £350,000 state-of the-art facility in the city.  Larches and Savick Amateur Boxing Club has been awarded £75,000 from the Amateur Boxing Association (ABA), £50,000 from Sport England and £12,000 from sported.  The awards will enable the club, […]

ROAD safety on a Preston estate will receive a boost when interactive signs are introduced to help reinforce the 20mph limit. The Larches was one of the pilot areas for the 20mph limits which are now being brought in for all residential areas and outside schools by Lancashire County Council. Residents are due to install […]

County Councillor Mark Jewell will be running the Preston Guild runs to raise money for Charity. Having already completed the Guild 5K in May, he will now be running the 10K, the full marathon in October and the 10 miler. He is hoping to raise money and awareness for the Children’s Chronic Arthritis Association and […]

  Liberal Democrat County Councillors in Preston have called for a Western Bypass. County Councillors Bill Winlow and Mark Jewell have called for a Western Bypass to support the infrastructure for the building of 3,800 new homes across Cottam and the M55 Corridor of North West Preston. Within their responses to the ‘Sites for Preston: […]

County Councillor Mark Jewell, together with thousands of others welcomed the Olympic torch as it arrived in Preston. The first leg of the Preston relay was carried by Pat Eaton, who does lots of work for disabled people in her spare time and is raising money for Francis House. County Councillor Mark Jewell commented, “It […]

There is currently a very important Consultation going on that could affect residents living on Lea Road and estates off of Lea Road. There is also a proposal affecting residents on Ashton Bank, Thurnham Road and Ryelands Crescent.  The Consultation is on the Local Development Framework that lays out the plans for various developments across central Lancashire.  To […]

With the Olympic torch landing on British soil today it will be only two weeks away from arriving in Lancashire. The Olympic torch will be carried 8,000 miles by 8,000 bearers in a 70 day relay ending at the Olympic Park. Following a brief glimpse of the torch on 1st June in Chorley, it will […]

Elaine Abbot and the Lib Dem team would like to thank everyone who voted in the local elections this year. The result was;- Labour 863 Elaine Abbot (Lib Dem) 732 Conservative 197 County Councillor Mark Jewell said, “The result in Larches was disappointing, but our thoughts have been with Elaine, whose husband, Colin, passed away […]

Liberal Democrats on Lancashire County Council have angrily criticised proposals to charge disabled students for transport. Leader of the Lib Dem Group, County Councillor Bill Winlow, described the proposals as “outrageous”. The Conservative Council are currently consulting on plans to introduce a means tested contribution towards the cost of transport support for students with special […]