
Taking on Trump & Farage – and fixing church roofs
Leader's Speech to Spring Conference 2025
The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.
Constitution - Liberal Democrats
South Central Region covers the counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and this site contains information about the Liberal Democrats across the region.
Leader's Speech to Spring Conference 2025
The Liberal Democrat plan commits to making the UK a global leader in animal welfare through stronger standards, workforce investment, and ethical farming practices.
Only the Liberal Democrats will stand up to Trump, invest in the UK’s security, support Ukraine, hold back Russia, deepen our ties with European and commonwealth partners, and stand up for liberal, British values.
Today, Friday 28th March, Aylesbury Liberal Democrats handed in nomination papers for a full slate of candidates to contest all the wards in Aylesbury up for election on Buckinghamshire Council elections on Thursday 1st May.
Today marks the start of 9 days of Hindu festivals. The Liberal Democrats embrace every community and wish you all a wonderful Chaitra Navratri, Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, and Ram Navmi!
The Bucks Council SEND department is in crisis, not supporting vulnerable children, with the processing times for Educational and Health Care Plans (EHCPs) drastically exceeding targets leading to detrimental impacts on families.
Work has started at the community football ground in Silchester Road, Tadley to change from gas to renewable energy
LibDem Councillors in Tadley, Kingsclere and surrounding areas are hosting regular surgeries throughout the year. They're looking forward to meeting residents and hearing what they have to say.
Hampshire County Council has won approval from the Government to postpone the County elections that were due to happen in May 2025. The LibDems believe this is a mistake that takes power away from local residents.
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
Electoral Reform: Why is the UK (except Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) still using First Past The Post in elections? What are the alternatives?
The Climate Crisis: The re-election of Trump, USA withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and the recent COP summit. What does it mean? Speaker is Paul Turner.
Thomas was born in Petersfield and has had a strong connection to the local area from a young age, first becoming politically engaged locally at 16 helping to work for a fair deal for people in Petersfield and the Hangers.
No County Vote as Conservatives Avoid YOU!
Lib Dem campaigner Mark Harding takes a look at how the Fleming Park paddling pool is proceeding.
Where has the money gone?
Much-loved Stubbington nature centre will NOT be re-purposed says County Council.
Stop Press: County Cabinet votes to keep Stubbington Study Centre. See our Facebook page (link below) for details..
Call for calm and respect over asylum proposal.
What special event brings the party leader to NE Hampshire?
Alex Brewer MP responds to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) briefing.
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.
This week, councillors from Havant Borough Council voted to join forces with the other objectors to the proposals by Aquind to build the High Voltage Direct Current electricity interconnector.
The statutory instrument was meant to close loopholes in the government’s SDS40 early release scheme that saw perpetrators of these dangerous offenders released from prison early.
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’.
Lib Dem councillor Michael Lilley has won backing from Isle of Wight councillors urging the government to end the controversial two-child benefit cap.
The government must give a categorical assurance that the Isle of Wight will remain a standalone unitary council, say Isle of Wight Lib Dems. Merger with a mainland council must be ruled out.
An Isle of Wight Council fund which can help to reduce poverty will get priority for replenishment after an amendment proposed by the council’s Liberal Democrat Group was accepted at the budget setting meeting of the full council on 27 February 2025.
Crumbling roads and pavements make life miserable for Bucks residents. With £500m needed to fix them, the Tory-led council's underinvestment and reliance on temporary quick fixes have let the situation spiral out of control.
Wendover Liberal Democrats have strongly criticised HS2 proposals to send up to 14 HGV return trips per day for up to 14 weeks through the heart of Wendover.
Buckinghamshire Liberal Democrats are calling for a completely new Corporate plan to address the problems of the current 2020-2025 plan, which has failed to deliver for residents.
Local Lib Dem councillors have welcomed the Government’s plans to reduce the voting age to 16 by the end of the year.
As Milton Keynes continues to grow, Parish and Town Councils across the city could soon take on more responsibility for managing community facilities and delivering local services.
Flood prone areas in Milton Keynes will soon be eligible for more funding to ensure their communities are better equipped for the impact of flooding.
Lymington Town Hall's short-term future has been secured after a determined campaign from Liberal Democrat Councillors - but the building's long-term future is still uncertain.
The Conservative Leader of Hampshire County Council has asked the Government for permission to increase Hampshire County Council's share of Council Tax by 15% this year. That amounts to roughly £250 extra on people's council tax bills.
Lib Dem Councillor David Harrison has called on Southern Water to pay compensation to residents and businesses in Totton and the Waterside who have been left without water in the run up to Christmas.
Let’s be clear, this is a scandal that has been ignored by successive governments who have sat back and watched Thames Water’s ailing performance, plunging themselves into unprecedented levels of debt and leaving customers to pay the bill.
Oxfordshire’s Liberal Democrat MPs are calling on the Government to urgently enshrine an outright ban on bonuses for water company bosses in law. It comes as Ofwat announced bans on three water companies using customer money to fund bonuses - a move that
MP for Henley and Thame, Freddie van Mierlo is calling on the government to reverse their ‘family farm tax’ echoing opinions voiced by his fellow Lib Dem MPs at a rural affairs debate in Parliament on the 11th November.
Portsmouth Lib Dems are warning local residents to be vigilant after an increase in the number of rogue roofers targeting the city’s vulnerable.
Today the Chancellor had the opportunity to deliver on the change that the Labour Party has promised, but Rachel Reeves missed her chance to deliver policies that people in Portsmouth and across the country need.
Local mother and Lib Dem councillor Leonie Oliver has campaigned for better play equipment in Baffins - and won better facilities for our children
Reading Liberal Democrats have criticised Thames Water for asking the water regulator for permission to charge their customers even more for failing services.
Reading Liberal Democrats have slammed proposals that would allow Royal Mail to significantly reduce the deliveries of second-class post, including scrapping Saturday delivery and only delivering on alternating days during the week.
The Reading Liberal Democrats have expressed deep frustration over the government's protracted timeline for the much-needed rebuilding of the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
At last weeks full council meeting your Liberal Democrat councillors supported a motion regarding the impact of the National Insurance increases on local residents living and working in Rushmoor.
Free App that signposts members of our Armed Forces community to support and advice.
Liberal Democrat councillors put forward amendment at Local Government debate
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.
Welcoming a recent big jump in support for the Lib Dems across our area of the South, Slough Lib Dems chair Cllr Frank O'Kelly, said: "Lib Dem policies that support hard working families & vulnerable citizens are resonating with voters."
"For years, the Conservatives damaged public services, small businesses & European trade: in July people voted for change, but so far Labour are delivering more of the same & hit welfare for disabled people" said Daisy Cooper, MP, Lib Dem Deputy Leader
Ed Davey said many of the planned welfare cuts "just should not happen". Improving health & care to get people back to work is the better way of reducing the welfare budget. Photo shows Ed Davey with Roz Savage, Lib Dem MP & record breaking ocean rower.
With a meeting of the Scrutiny Committee to chair on the Council’s budget and a Lib Dem response to coordinate at Full Council, much of my focus over the past few weeks has been of necessity local. Yet given the recent dramatic events in the USA my...
Southampton City Council has announced the removal of the Brookvale Road buildout as part of the Portswood Project trial. Following feedback from residents and an interim recommendation from road safety auditors, the ‘give way’ priority buildout
At our last Council meeting on 26th February, as expected, our Liberal Democrat alternative budget did not pass. But that was never the only goal. We put forward a fully costed, ambitious plan to prove that Southampton CAN and SHOULD be delivering real c
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
Your Lib Dem County Councillors have hit out at the news that May's County Council elections may be cancelled
Danny has written to the government demanding the immediate funding of social care packages to alleviate the strain
Danny has written to the Southern Water CEO following sewage being dumped in the Rivers Itchen, Meon and Hamble
RBWM 2025/26 Budget approved by Full Council
Cabinet approves 2025/26 budget as best way forward for the Borough
Revisiting the 2020 CIPFA report reveals the causes for RBWM's current financial problems.
A number of Wokingham Town and Borough councillors attended and contributed to the Lib Dem spring party conference in Harrogate at the weekend (21-23 March).
It is great to be in the position to share several pieces of good news from Children’s Services.
In the past, the council produced strategies and then consulted on them. The idea of the Communities Vision is to bring in the public at the beginning, rather than the end.