Commonwealth Day 2020
Today marks Commonwealth Day 2020, with celebrations across five continents and we are flying the Commonwealth Flag here at Borough Hall.
9 Mar 2020
National News
Only Lib Dems choose to challenge Government's housing targets
During the run-up to the consultation on Mole Valley's Draft Local Plan, Councillor Stephen Cooksey, Liberal Democrat Leader of Mole Valley, announced his intention to write to the Prime Minister to challenge the hosuing targets imposed by the Government on Mole Valley. The letter draws attention to the comments made by Boris Johnson during the Tory Leadership campaign when he told reporters in Oxshott that "We should not be imposing targets on Councils that they are simply finding it impossible to meet without building on the Green Belt".
9 Mar 2020
17 fantastic women - Lib Dem Councillors delivering greener, safer, fairer, better connected Chelmsford #IWD2020
Chelmsford's Liberal Democrat women are at the forefront of delivering a greener, safer, fairer and better connected Chelmsford. 17 of the 30 Lib Dem Councillors are women.
8 Mar 2020
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, SPRING 2020
Women in the UK have a lot to celebrate, but there is still so much to do to achieve gender equality, both here and...
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8 Mar 2020
22.6 million voiceless voter
22.6 million. That's the number of votes that didn't count towards the result in the 2019 General Election. In other words, under Westminster's rotten voting system, almost three-quarters of voters had their votes ignored - leading to disenfranchisement on an industrial scale.
8 Mar 2020
Davey: Govt fail to produce plan to end social care crisis
Responding to the Health Secretary's letter to MPs announcing his plans for cross-party talks on a long-term solution for the social care crisis, Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey said:
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8 Mar 2020