Lib Dems Continue Partnership Agreement
The Milton Keynes Liberal Democrats have agreed to continue the partnership agreement with Labour on MK Council in a deal which...
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9 May 2019
National News
Meet the new councillors
A week ago, Brentwood elected FOUR new Lib Dem councillors and we introduce them here:
9 May 2019
Success in College Ward
The Focus team in College Ward ran a successful campaign in the borough elections 2019 with David Gulland and Julie Morris both elected as councillors and André Kubicek missing out by a mere 11 votes. The election result was not an unusual one, but the number of "split" votes was most definitely unusual. There were hundreds. Some residents had voted for one Lib Dem, one RA and one Conservative. Does this voting pattern reflect a desire on the part of residents for all the parties to work together? Most certainly the candidates being listed on the ballot paper in the alphabetical order of their surname influenced the result. With the Euro elections upon us, there is just one X required on the ballot paper on 23rd May, not three as there were in the borough elections.
8 May 2019
UN (IPBES) Report on Biodiversity – Transformative Change is needed!
(This article has been written by Keith Melton, who is organising the GLD conference in June. It does not seek to represent an "official" Green Liberal Democrat viewpoint, but presents a view of where the Green Lib Dems may wish to move towards in terms of policy proposals. Keith Melton, May 2019)
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8 May 2019
Mayor Dave Announces New Climate Change Cabinet Committee
Mayor Dave Hodgson has announced the creation of the Bedford Borough Council Climate Change Committee, which will work on a cross-party basis to maintain and accelerate the Council's remarkable progress in tackling climate change.
8 May 2019
Liberal Democrats demand more commitment on ending out of County investments
Surrey County Council own a broad range of land and property assets both in and outside of the County, with a total value of around £1.5bn. At the Cabinet meeting last week it was revealed that Surrey will be 'pausing' investment out of county for the time being whilst they evaluate the use of existing properties.
8 May 2019