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PYRAMIDS SAVED!THE PYRAMIDS will remain open as a public swimming pool

and music venue under an exciting new management contract betweenLib Dem-run Portsmouth City Council and Southsea Leisure Ltd.

Better still, the building will see a £2 millionfacelift including a new health and fitness suite,a soft play area for children and a seaside cafe,as well as a refurbishment of the changingfacilities.After a long-standing local campaign to save thePyramids from the risk of closure, supported byyour local Lib Dem Councillors, and 6 months ofintense negotiations an innovative deal wasconcluded to allow the company to take overmanagement of the centre and keep a publiclyaccessible pool and music venue on the site.

Local Lib Dem Councillor Lee Hunt, the Cabinetmember in charge of leisure and tourism, said:.

“I am delighted that Southsea Leisure aretaking on the Pyramids and giving them anew lease of life.”

THERE WAS ANGER from local residentsafter, at the crucial council meeting on 30thJuly, the local Conservative leader refused tovote to support the plan to save thePyramids and a further 4 other ConservativeCouncillors left the chamber.

“This is hugely disappointing,but not suprising” said localCllr John Ireland “the localConservatives have claimedto support the Pyramidsand yet consistently failedto match those words withany positive action”.

EXCITING NEW PLAN SEES £2 MILLION INVESTMENT

SUMMER OF FREE EVENTS, FREE SWIMMING & SEAFRONT IMPROVEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE LEADERREFUSES TO VOTE TOSAVE THE PYRAMIDS

THE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND saw tens of thousands ofvisitors and residents descend on Southsea seafront for aweekend of free music and entertainment. Events over theweekend included the 18th Portsmouth International KiteFestival, a dog show on Castle Field and free live musicconcerts held at the bandstand, all supported by your localLib Dem-run City Council.

Over the weekend your local Lib Dem team surveyed over2,000 local residents and visitors to get their views on theseafront as well as giving away many free balloons andstickers to the kids! This follows on from the ‘Sea Change’consultation organised by local Liberal Democrat MPMike Hancock and students from Portsmouth University.

2000 peopletook part in the Lib Dem Bank Holiday Survey

More than

l (above) Cllr Lee Hunt (Cabinet Member for Leisure &Tourism) leads a Lib Dem seafront survey over the BankHoliday weekend.l (left) Cllr John Ireland (Cabinet Member for Young People)at the Pyramids Centre.

SEAFRONTACTIVITIES

THE NEW seafrontvolleyball courts haveproved extremelypopular over thesummer and havenow been joined bythe new fit pointsalong the seafront.

These free exercise points, provided as partof a new scheme by your Lib Dem-runcouncil to encourage healthy living, givefree access to exercise machines for peoplewanting to keep fit on the seafront.

THE LATEST in a seriesof initiatives to providebetter play facilities acrossthe city will soon see anew ‘splash pad’ waterfeature for kids providedat Canoe Lake.

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Mike Hancock MPTel: 023 9286 10551A Albert Road, Portsmouthwww.mikehancock.co.uk

YOUR LIB DEM TEAM... FIGHTING FOR LOCAL PEOPLE

Cllr Margaret ADAIR3, Dockmill CottagesNapier RoadSOUTHSEA. PO5 2RDTel: 92 825476

Cllr Lee HUNT5, Dockmill CottagesNapier RoadSOUTHSEA. PO5 2RDTel: 07972 477832

Cllr John IRELAND21 Devonshire AvenueSOUTHSEA.P04 9EATel: 92713825

Local pensioners have been amongst the hardesthit by the recent recession and price increases.

Research by Lloyds Bank showed that between 1998and 2008, inflation for pensioners was 11% higher thanthe average rate. This is because pensioners buy adifferent mix of products and spend more money onthings like energy bills.

Local Lib Dem MP Mike Hancock has outlined theaction that he would like to see taken to help localpensioners in Portsmouth.

This would start with an increase in the basic statepension for a pensioner coupleof £2400 a year.

Mike also wants the CouncilTax scrapped and replacedwith a local income tax.

Most local pensioners would pay no council tax or other local tax under thissystem saving the average income pensioner couple around £400 a year.

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l Mike Hancock MP meets members ofthe Gurkhas on their return from Afghanistan

IN BRIEF

40%of pensioners don’tclaim all the benefitsthey are entitled to.

Up to

A FAIR DEAL FOR PENSIONERSIMPROVING STANDARDS OF CARE FOR THE ELDERLY

- Mike Hancock MP

PARKING

RECYCLINGHITS 42%

RECYCLING RATES in Portsmouth continue toimprove ahead of the national average.

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Local residents now recycle 42% of all rubbishand 25% of homes in Portsmouth get theirelectricity from rubbish!

“This is a great increase in recycling” said localCouncillor Lee Hunt, “well done to all localresidents for helping us to achieve this and letskeep on improving!”.

l Mike at the Pensioners’ Lobby of Parliament

BETTER PAY FOR OUR TROOPS!FOLLOWING THE SHOCKING NEWS that our troops couldbe better off stacking shelves in supermarkets than fightingfor their country, local Lib Dem MP Mike Hancock hasbacked a campaign launched today by Lib Dem leader,Nick Clegg for better pay for our armed forces.

This increase would cost only 1% of the defence budget.

Mike Hancock said: “Our soldiers and service personnel doa difficult, demanding and dangerous job. And it is clear thatthere is widespread dissatisfaction over pay. I can’t under-stand why the Government values so poorly the difficult workthat our armed forces do – especially as that may includeputting their lives on the line for our country.”

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l Cllr Lee Hunt talks to students from Portsmouth Universityat their recent ‘Sea Change’ public consultation which washeld in conjunction with local Lib Dem MP Mike Hancock

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IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS Cllrs Ireland,Adair and Hunt have surveyed almost everylocal home about increasing on-street parking.

The survey found huge support for the removalof REDUNDANT street 'build-outs'. Now thethree councillors have asked city officers tofollow-up residents' wishes and investigate theneed or otherwise for redundant or over-longbuild-outs identified by residents.

Cllr Ireland says, "All our residents can beassured we will not seek the removal of build-outs that make a positive contribution to thestreet-scene with trees and shrubbery, butwhere they are just used as a dump and don'twork we look to see if we can create extraparking instead, as that is what local residentstell us they need". Cllr Lee Hunt and MargaretAdair made representations to the city's trafficbosses to shorten yellow lines where it issensible and safe to do so - this has created56 EXTRA spaces already.

“We will continue to challenge planningapplications that do not have parking, we willnot always win the case" says Cllr Hunt, "...butwe will always do our best - by working withlocal residents we can improve things foreveryone, including those without a car".