The Liberal Democrats have appointed former defence minister Sir Nick Harvey as the party's chief executive. Nick, who served as MP for North Devon for almost a quarter of a century, was appointed at the end of a competitive recruitment process having served as acting chief executive for three months. Party staff sat on the appointments panel.
Your Lib Dem campaign team continues to monitor the impact of the new smart motorway system recently installed along the Farnborough section of the M3 motorway.
A petition of over 2,000 signatures was today presented to a meeting of Surrey County Council's Cabinet, calling for Surrey's Performing Arts Library to be saved. The petition, which was launched by Liberal Democrat county councillors in September, was handed in by Ges Ray, Vice-Chair of the Leith Hill Music Festival. Recommendations as to the future of the service will be proposed by the Communities Select Committee at their meeting in February 2018, with a final decision taken by the Council's Cabinet in March.
Ahead of a meeting of Warwickshire County Council on 29 November 2017 to look at funding for Warwickshire's under-threat children's centres, Liberal Democrats Group Leader, Councillor Jerry Roodhouse, has tabled an amendment seeking more family support.
The Lib Dems swept to a huge victory in the Earl Shilton Church Ward by-election. The Lib Dem candidate Angela Williams won the town council by-election with a massive 68% of the vote.
Lib Dem Councillor for Highgate - Liz Morris, has written an open letter to Mayor Sadiq Khan asking how he is going to tackle the...