Just South of Giffard Park along both sides of the Grand Union Canal is the Gyosei Art Trail. It’s well worth doing this walk and enjoying the art. You can get a guide from Great Linford Parish Council, who arranged the trail, to help you find them.

  As the dark nights descend upon us broken street lights will become more noticeable.   Milton Keynes Council no longer scout to look for street lights that are not working in residential streets, so please report any broken lights to the Focus Team with the number off the light and street name. Email [email protected]bdems.co.uk.

Over the last five years Milton Keynes Council has cut over £110M and 425 staff, but the Conservative Government is demanding more. The Council has to cut over £20M each year for the rest of this parliament, despite an increase in demand most notably in Adult Social Care due the fact that we are all […]

  The double yellow lines in Bury Street at its junction with Silver Street were worn away, but The Focus Team got the Council to repaint them to ensure the narrow access from Silver Street was kept clear for drivers.

We have experienced delays of months and more when asking for broken and missing street name plates to be replaced and now we know why.   I discovered, after some detailed questioning of Council officers, that there is no money in the Council’s general budget for street signs although 200 have been reported missing or broken. […]

  Cllr Paul Alexander and I met with developers Redrow regarding their proposed plans for the former Aston Martin site off Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell.   I am pleased to report that the developers have agreed to scrap their plans that would have meant the loss of at least six on street parking places in […]

  Sadly, homelessness is on the rise across the UK, including here in Milton Keynes. People become homeless for many reasons, but Government policies are exasperating the situation.   The Liberal Democrats in MK have made tackling homelessness and the shortage of affordable housing, including houses for rent, one of our top priorities. It was […]

Councillor Douglas McCall complained to the Council about the poor state of the pavements in Silver Street, Newport Pagnell, and these have now been resurfaced.

  With children going back to school this week, my ward colleagues are I welcome the new 20 mph zone outside Green Park School on Green Park Drive. We believe that the safety of pupils is paramount and we welcome the additional safety measure. The new speed restriction will be in force when the lights […]

  Following complaints from residents I got the Council to cut back the overgrown vegetation on the metal walkway linking Riverside Meadow to the Iron Bridge in Newport Pagnell, and in time for the August Bank Holiday Civil War event when the walkway was used by lots of visitors.