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Councillor Alan Graves talks about what could be Derby’s worst road

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Reform Derby councillor Alan Graves says he is getting many complaints about the state of London Road

“Life is in danger” on one of Derby’s busiest roads which is in a “dire” condition, a Derby councillor has warned. Alan Graves is calling for immediate action to repair London Road which connects the city centre to Alvaston because he fears someone could get seriously injured or even killed.
 
Full Article can be found on Derby Telegraph website by click here.
 
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As stated in Reform Derby’s leaflet before: London Road is in a terrible state and has needed a proper resurface for a long time now. As you may realise getting things in place takes also takes a long time. London Road is now on a priority as voted for by all the Reform Councillors. Once we have a date for you we will let you know. If you want to be added to our list for information please email alan.graves@derby.gov.uk and you will be kept informed.

 

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Cllr. Graves angry at Alvaston Park toilets remaining shut

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Reform Derby leader Councillor Alan Graves has said that the toilets at Alvaston Park remaining closed is “bad for businesses”.

Councillor Alan Graves who is a Alvaston Ward Councillor has said “This is how I feel about the council sometimes when they don’t want to do something they drag their feet and I believe this is what’s happening here.”

“I think it’s one of the major problems that the council has created for itself is that public toilets are an essential need.”

“We have to provide public toilets, there are a lot of people who struggle, they need to go to the toilet, it’s not just elderly people.”

He also added that “A lot of children need to go to the toilet when they’re at the park and can’t wait for an hour to go to the toilet. They have opened up a park that sells drink but there’s nowhere for customers to go for a wee.”

 

The Derby Telegraph has reported in their article that – A spokesperson for Derby City Council said: “We apologise for any inconvenience to our visitors at Alvaston Park.

“We’ve been working hard to ensure that our facilities can reopen as soon as possible and that enhanced cleaning is in place for the safety of our park users.

“Arrangements are currently being made and we hope to reopen the toilets early next week.”

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Launch of Reform Derby

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Press release

 

Cllr Alan Graves and his colleagues believe we need to Reform Derby

 

A new independent party has been created just for Derby. The party is inclusive and focuses on being independent from the mainstream political parties. For many years Derby City Council has suffered from links to the national London-centric political parties that have become remote from what Derby needs.

Now voters will have the choice of parties that follow their national political masters under the whip system or an independent Reform Derby party that only answers to the residents that elect them.

We will be seeking membership from people who have an interest in Derby and suitable candidates with a passion for Derby for next year’s local elections.

A major deciding factor for the change was to seek reform in the governance system of the Derby City Council. In 2018 three parties campaigned to change our Cabinet system to the democratic Committee system. Unfortunately, the Conservatives went back on their promise and the council remains under the elitist Cabinet System. This has prolonged work on the A52, delayed work on Moorways, and scrapped plans for the Assembly Rooms. This has wasted £millions of taxpayers’ money.

 

Our website is www.reformderby.uk or you can email us at contact@reformderby.uk alternatively, contact us by phone on 07736782242

From now on these Councillors: Alan Graves Snr; John Evans; Paul Bettany; Kirk Kus; and Alan Graves Junior; will represent Reform Derby on Derby City Council.

 

The Party leader Cllr Alan Graves said, “Our first major objective is to campaign to change the council governance system from the dictatorial Cabinet System to the more democratic Committee System.”

Deputy Leader Cllr John Evans added, “We have been planning this for the last 4 months but had to delay this announcement due to the Coronavirus pandemic”

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Tim Prosser and Alan Graves at Shalfleet Allotment

Hardworking activists – WE DIG IN!

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We work all year round for our communities and for Derby. We have planted trees and welcome the new Public Protection Officers (PPOs). There is one for each ward. This is in line with our group policy promise of tackling anti-social behaviour, fly tipping, irresponsible parking and bins-on-streets issues. We are working hard to implement our policy promises in Alvaston & Boulton.

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Public Protection Officers

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Derby City Council now has 20 Public Protection Officers. Your local councillors are working very closely with the officers to solve parking problems around Alvaston and to stop unlawful parking at school times. They also have the power to issue fines to those who leave their bins out and who litter our streets.

 

Councillor John Evans said “It is great to have these public protection officers to ensure that our streets are clean and that people are obeying the law. We want to ensure that Alvaston ward is a clean friendly place getting the community working together for everyone.”

Allenton Market and Reform Derby

ALLENTON MARKET SAVED!

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As active Councillors we get a lot of positive feedback from local residents when helping them. Some of our recent successes include: Saving Allenton Market supporting the provision of a lease to the market traders; New bollards installed on Harvey Road and Coleman street; successful Compactor Days; deep clean events;  a new Lidl to replace the planned flats on Raynesway, and much, much more.

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