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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 over

management of the centre and keep a publiclyaccessible pool and music venue on the site.

Local Lib Dem Campaigner MatthewWinnington, who attended the council meetingto speak on behalf of local residents, said:

“I am delighted that Southsea Leisure are takingon the Pyramids and giving them a new lease oflife.”

THERE WAS ANGER from local residentsafter, at the crucial council meeting on 30thJuly, Steve Weymss, the man who wants torun Portsmouth under any Conservativeleadership, refused to vote to support theplan to save the Pyramids.

“This is hugely disappointing,but not suprising” said localCllr Cheryl Buggy “the localConservatives have claimedto support the Pyramids andyet consistently failed tomatch those words with anypositive 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 Local campaigner Matthew Winnington joinedCllr Lee Hunt (Cabinet Member for Leisure &Tourism) and other local Lib Dems to organise aseafront survey over the Bank Holiday weekend.

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.

l Cllr Terry Hall

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

Cllr Cheryl BUGGY16 Villiers RoadSOUTHSEA.PO5 2HQTel: 07968 590714Cllr Terry HALL7 St. Simon’s RoadSOUTHSEAPO5 2PETel: 02392 732980Matthew Winnington195 Fawcett RoadSOUTHSEAPO4 0DHTel: 07984 921720

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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IF THERE WAS AN ELECTION TODAY...Who would you be likely to support?

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

IN BRIEF

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 Terry Hall, “well done to all localresidents for helping us to achieve this and letskeep on improving!”.

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

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A FAIR DEAL FOR PENSIONERSIMPROVING STANDARDS OF CARE FOR THE ELDERLY

- Mike Hancock MP

PARKINGWe know that parking is an issue thatconcerns a great many residents.To that end your local Lib Demcouncillors have managed to free up97 extra spaces by reducing theyellow lines in the area. We will keepon looking for ways to ensure that wecan achieve the maximum opportunitiesto increase parking and welcome yourideas and views on the subject.

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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RENTS GO DOWNBecause we are sensitive to theeconomic difficulties of some residents,the Liberal Democrat cabinetmember for housing onPortsmouth City Councilhas decided to reducethe amount counciltenants in councilhouses and on councilowned mobile home parkspay in rent.