Black History Month 2024
October is Black History Month - a chance to celebrate the Black British community, acknowledge their contributions and discover their stories.
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There'll be stalls for you to stock up on all your Lib Dem wares, policy debates, our AGM and the much sought after campaign surgeries with your regional staff.
Speakers to include Daisy Cooper MP, Clive Jones MP, Alex Brewer MP and Joshua Reynolds MP.
Now is the time to think about the region-wide competitions too
Bring your entries on the day or submit in advance to hello@southcentrallibdems.org.uk
If you are interested in registering nominations for selection onto the 2025/6 South Central Executive digital nomination forms will be available in due course. Please check the SC website for details or make sure you're registered to receive SC newsletters.
October is Black History Month - a chance to celebrate the Black British community, acknowledge their contributions and discover their stories.
Read Ed Davey's speech to the Liberal Democrats' Autumn Conference in Brighton
Carers are not just support for their loved ones—they are the glue holding our fragile social care system together. They deserve more than token acknowledgements or empty promises.
Anger and disappointment at the lack of ambition and action by Bucks Council on regeneration of Aylesbury Town Centre. At a meeting of Aylesbury Town Council, councillors slammed the plans as 'lacking ambition 'and 'shameful'.
We are hearing the same issue raised on the doorsteps. Patients from Whitehill and Popular Grove and Walton Court surgeries are all saying the same thing; “I can’t get an appointment with my GP”. The Liberal Democrats have a plan for 8000 more GPs!
The Conservative government have “neglected” rural communities as figures reveal a reduction in staff over the last year to just 14 for the whole of the 3 counties in the Thames Valley police area are dedicated to rural crime.
The inability of the Labour government to define what it means by ‘working people’ is staggering. Many of us thought that it was a code for working class whatever in turn that meant.
Casework is a big part of a Ward Councillor's work
One hundred days in, many of us are probably wondering why they voted Labour. The answer is that they voted against the incompetent bumbling of the last Conservative government...
Sarah Green was reselected as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Chesham & Amersham on Saturday 6 January 2024
Book now for ‘World Food Tasting’ event
Southern Water and Thames Water, which both serve East Hampshire, were responsible for 8,362 hours of sewage overflows in 2023
After a historic General Election where East Hampshire became a closely fought seat, the Liberal Democrats have given their thanks for local support.
As Hampshire County Council has announced that its previous budget gap has widened from £132m to a staggering £175m, Liberal Democrat campaigners have called for a change of leadership at County Hall.
On the back of Rishi Sunak's General Election announcement, Liz Jarvis has called the race in Eastleigh 'neck and neck'.
The latest poll from YouGov has predicted that Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Liz Jarvis is on course to win in Eastleigh at the next election.
New figures released by the Environment Agency have shown that Southern Water discharged sewage into waterways for a staggering 317, 285 hours last year.
We've looked at polling data from Best for Britain and Survation, made up from 22,000 and 42,000 respondents respectively
We might be leapfrogging over Labour in the polls, but it’s important we also focus on the local issues
Bella met with voters at Waterlooville Market
Hart Lib Dems were honoured to host Layla Moran MP for an evening of discussion with our own Alex Brewer MP
Alex's appointment to this significant role in Parliament will enable her to use her professional and personal experience to the benefit of many in her constituency and beyond.
Alex Brewer MP responds to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) briefing.
People who use the bus to commute to work in Havant could be hit by the equivalent of a 1p income tax rise due to the government’s decision to raise the bus fare cap from £2 to £3 which Havant’s Lib Dems have labelled the ‘bus tax’.
Havant’s Liberal Democrats have said they will hold the Government’s “feet to the fire” in response to the Autumn Budget today.
Havant Lib Dems have said the Lord Darzi report into the state of the NHS must be a wake-up call for the government to rescue health and services in Havant.
Isle of Wight Liberal Democrats have selected Michael Lilley and Nick Stuart as their prospective parliamentary candidates for Isle of Wight East and Isle of Wight West respectively.
Nick Stuart has gained the Brighstone, Calbourne and Shalfleet ward for the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives in a by-election yesterday (24 November 2022).
Wednesday, 26 May 2021, was the first meeting of the Isle of Wight Council since the elections earlier this month.
In recent years, Buckinghamshire Council has steadily increased car parking charges, extended charging hours, and scrapped free weekend parking.
Buckingham East Lib Dem councillor Anja Schaefer has grave concerns over the proposed new Library automated system, which will leave the Library unattended for long periods.
- Local MP votes in Parliament against advice from environment groups on controversial changes to Ofwat powers. - Local Lib Dem says vote will leave water regulator with “one hand tied behind their back” in fight against Thames Water.
Last night at Delegated Decisions, local Lib Dem councillors were seeking assurances as to the appropriate use of a hotel for local homeless people.
A motion proposed by MK Lib Dems calling for an “urgent, permanent, biliteral” ceasefire in Gaza has been passed by Milton Keynes City Council.
46,264 pensioners in the New Forest at risk of losing the £300 fuel payment this winter.
Households in the New Forest who remortgaged last year face a £29.4 million annual mortgage bombshell amidst spiralling interest rates following Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget, new House of Commons analysis has revealed.
New figures analysing sewage dumped in Council areas have revealed that sewage was dumped into waterways in the New Forest for 17,798 hours in 2023.
GPs and care providers in Oxfordshire will be “pushed to the brink” without an exemption from the Budget’s Employer National Insurance tax hike, local Lib Dem MPs have said. Oxfordshire’s GPs and care providers are already under significant pressure.
Local candidate for Bicester and Woodstock, Cllr Calum Miller, hosted Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey in Bicester earlier today to highlight the importance of green solutions to the cost of living crisis and to meet with supporters.
Lib Dems to lead Cherwell District Council in a new progressive administration This evening the Liberal Democrats formed a new minority progressive administration with the Green Independent & Alliance to run Cherwell District Council.
Warning! Single fare bus tickets are going from £2 to £3
People are rightly furious that one of the first acts of newly elected Labour MPs has been to cut winter fuel payments to millions of pensioners.
“Where can I find an NHS dentist?” is a question often asked by many people in Portsmouth.
Over 11 thousand of those aged over 80 in Reading are at risk of losing their Winter Fuel Payments due to the government’s cuts, the latest official statistics have revealed.
The Reading Lib Dems call for the government to guarantee rebuilding the RBH
Reading Liberal Democrats are calling for the two-child limit on benefit payments, introduced by the Conservative Government in 2017 and supported by the current Labour Government, to be scrapped.
Liberal Democrats request for extension to Free Parking schemes in North Camp Approved.
Your Lib Dem team have reported damage to traffic island for repair. Concerns still raised about large lorries using this route.
Supporting the Surrey Showmens Memories event and it links to North Camp
Analysis of official data from the Environment Agency by the party shows that Thames Water discharged sewage in Beaconsfield constituency’s waterways for a staggering 2,367 hours in 2023.
The Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives are neck and neck in South Bucks as we win 3 seats in the Gerrards Cross Town Council by-election.
Chelsea Whyte, Lib Dem candidate for Slough in the July 2024 election says: "Thank you to everyone across Slough who voted for me to be the town’s Lib Dem MP. I wasn’t successful this time, but I enjoyed meeting residents across Slough."
The Liberal Democrats have launched their General Election manifesto and outlined a plan to save health and care services. The manifesto offers a bold and fully costed £9bn plan to tackle the health and care crisis.
Slough Liberal Democrats have consistently called for a ceasefire in Gaza since the October 7th attacks, with the view to a lasting two-state solution in the region.
The Liberal Democrats in Southampton are not just a local branch of a political party but a community that is deeply committed to inclusivity, diversity, and equality.
Shortly before our recent amazing election gains, I received the sad news that one of our long-standing members, Thelma Wield, had passed away.
I'm writing to share the recent general election results which, whilst nationally were spectacular for the Liberal Democrats, locally we fell just over 2,000 votes short of winning here.
The Liberal Democrats are calling for a new ‘Blue Flag’ protected status for local rivers, after shocking figures reveal that Thames Water dumped sewage 561 times in Newbury and West Berkshire during 2023.
- West Berkshire and Newbury’s Liberal Democrats call for emergency Health and Care Budget within four weeks of the General Election to save local health services
The campaign group Best for Britain has released its tactical voting recommendations ahead of polling day on 4 July and they confirm what many local residents already know
Danny Chambers has voted against the Government’s plans to cut the Winter Fuel Payment
Danny Chambers has pledged his support to British farmers on the National Farming Union Back British Farmers Day
Danny presses Rachel Reeves to hold vote on changes to Winter Fuel Payments
Following Council Talks, The Royal Collection Trust improves their offer to RBWM residents, after announcing they would scrap free Advantage Card tickets.
Historic failures over the years by the Conservatives mean the council was effectively bankrupt several years ago!
Windsor MP and Councillors launch the poppy appeal in support of the Royal British Legion.
GPs and care providers in Wokingham will be “pushed to the brink” without an exemption from the Budget’s National Insurance tax hike, Lib Dem MP Clive Jones has said.
The Liberal Democrats in Wokingham welcome the £1bn of additional funding pledged in the government’s Autumn budget for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). However, they remain concerned that funding increases are not keeping up.
Politics at its best is a rational and respectful debate between different viewpoints to decide the best way forward for the community. It focuses on ideas and measures, not on individuals.