Caleb Hermit to stand in Falmouth election
A by-election is being held in Falmouth in April and we're very pleased to announce that Caleb Hermit is standing as a Liberal Democrat candidate.
14 Mar 2020
National News
Medway Liberal Democrats support the International Day of Forests - 21st March
Liberal Democrats strongly support the 'International Day of Forests' on 21st March. . Locally we have vigorously campaigned to protect woodland areas which play an important part in our town's rural heritage and recently have opposed developments on orchards located in Lower Rainham and rural land in Capstone Park. . We want to protect these spaces as a vital asset for everyone in Medway and have consistently been calling on the Council to adopt a coherent, credible Local Plan to help protect the environment against developments of this nature. Building on 'brown build' sites as opposed to destroying Green Belt sites.
MLDAW
14 Mar 2020
No Bristol Airport Expansion
No Bristol Airport Expansion North Somerset Council turned down planning permission for expansion of Bristol airport after a campaign by Libdems and others.
MP
14 Mar 2020
Tackling the Climate Emergency - LibDem Policy Paper 139
Tackling the Climate Emergency - LibDem Policy Paper 139 was proposed by Duncan Brack. and accepted by the 2019 Autumn Conference.
DB
14 Mar 2020
Hereford Bypass? Yes Please!
Recently it was announced that funding for a bypass around the city of Hereford was being withdrawn, putting the future of the project in doubt. For me this was very disappointing news, as I strongly support building it. Now, you might reasonably ask why would a Green Liberal Democrat feel that way? More roads are bad, right? Well, although I once opposed it, I have become convinced that building this road is in the best interests of local people.
RO
14 Mar 2020
Green Taxation
The Role of Tax and Subsidy in Tackling the Climate Emergency The role of taxation, in particular, as a tool in dealing with the climate emergency has been deliberately overlooked by governments afraid of being punished at the ballot box for any extra taxes. I believe that the electorate is now sufficiently aware of the likely effects of climate change that there will be an acceptance of extra taxation as long as there is transparency in the destination of the extra taxation. The extra taxation must be destined for subsidies for home insulation and electric cars and other greenhouse gas saving measures, as well as for mitigation measures such as flood defences and research and development of renewable energies, energy storage and carbon capture and storage and hydrogen manufacture from non-carbon sources.
JH
14 Mar 2020