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BE A COUNCILLOR - WOMEN COUNCILLORS ARE OUTNUMBERED TWO TO ONE BY MEN

Be a Councillor Campaign The equal participation of women and men in local politics, as our elected councillors and as our leaders, is an important condition for effective democracy and good governance. The Be a Councillor Campaign is based on the belief that local authorities, and political parties and groups, can do the best for their communities when they truly represent their place. Today, none of the combined authority mayors are female, and overall -, they make up only a fifth of political leaders, and a third of local authority chief executives - despite 76 per cent of employees in the local government workforce being female.

24 Jun 2019
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Packed room at the leadership hustings in Plymouth

Lib Dem leadership hustings in Plymouth

Whilst the Conservative party horrify the world with their very public shambles of a leadership contest, LibDems brought us their quieter and better quality version at their leadership hustings on last Friday night, 21st June.

24 Jun 2019
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Ed Davey

Ed Davey on Question Time

You can, and should, watch the whole thing here. He answered very effectively questions about Boris (which sparked his lengthy and brilliant Twitter rant of many of the worst things Boris has done), Brexit and knife crime and the importance of winning the arguments on vaccinating children.

24 Jun 2019
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