The Liberal Democrats would use an ambitious £50 billion regional growth fund to invest in South Holland and The Deepings, according to local candidate Davina Kirby.
The Liberal Democrats have announced they would triple funding for disadvantaged children aged three and four attending nurseries and other childcare providers.
Responding to Tory policies on knife crime, Brendan Devlin, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Stockton South, says 'We asked the Tories to cut crime, instead they cut police numbers'. He continued, 'The government pledge another 20,000 police officers, but forces lost over 21,000 officers in the last 8 years, this pledge isn't more it is just putting back what they took away. Only the Liberal Democrats will invest in the things that actually work to build safer communities: more community policing, more youth services and a proper public health approach to serious violence
5 DAYS TO STOP BREXIT AND SECURE A BRIGHTER FUTURE Liberal Democrats have unveiled a series of measures to reverse a decline in high streets and boost small businesses Figures from the ONS show that 978,285 businesses closed their doors between 2016-2018. Analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed Brexit uncertainty under the Conservatives is hitting our high streets as almost one million businesses in the UK have closed in the past three years.This increase in business closures is almost a third (28%) compared to the 765,000 businesses that closed in the three previous years. The Federation of Small Businesses has warned that a no deal Brexit, which Boris Johnson has repeatedly refused to rule out, would mean more damage to firms. Firms are also being held back by the Conservative government's failure to reform business rates, and by new taxes on the self-employed that business groups have described as "disastrous".
Today is Small Business Saturday, and Brendan Devlin has expressed deep concern on how Tory policies and a looming Brexit have been, and could be, affecting local small businesses.
The Lib Dems have accused the Conservatives of failing to protect local small businesses, after figures revealed that 1,860 businesses in Woking have closed over the last three years.