June 2025 edition of the Littleover and Heatherton Focus newsletter is out
All the latest news from around Littleover, Heatherton and Havenbaulk areas.
LC
25 Jun 2025
Derby News
Irresponsible knife retailers putting lives at risk, warn Derby Lib Dems
Nearly one in four shops are breaking the law on underage knife sales in some areas, with blades sold to children as young as 13, council trading standards teams have revealed.
DLD
20 Jun 2025
More than 6,780 people at risk of losing vital PIP support in Derby City
More than 6,780 people at risk of losing vital PIP support in Derby City, warn Liberal Democrats. Derby’s Liberal Democrats have called on the Government to backdate the Winter Fuel Payment for local pensioners who lost out last winter.
LC
17 Jun 2025
Bretton Avenue Bungalow
Bretton Avenue prefab post-war bungalows were occupied by people who had lost their homes in the bombing. Most properties have been upgraded with new bathrooms and kitchens over the last 75 years. But one has not.
LC
12 Jun 2025
Derby Lib Dems call for Winter Fuel Payments to be backdated for local pensioners.
Derby’s Liberal Democrats have called on the Government to backdate the Winter Fuel Payment for local pensioners who lost out last winter. Pensioners earning £35,000 a year or less will now have their Winter Fuel Payment reinstated
DLD
10 Jun 2025
Derby’s Lib Dems demand Catherine Atkinson and Baggy Shanker vote against disability benefits cuts as rebellion brews
The Lib Dems said that the cuts would “punish some of the most vulnerable in our society” and that if Catherine Atkinson and Baggy Shanker voted for them they risked “ripping away vital support for people with a disability".
DLD
21 May 2025