Councillor Dylan Tippetts joins the Liberal Democrats
Cllr Dylan Tippetts, who represents Compton ward on Plymouth City Council, has this week joined the Liberal Democrats and will now sit as a Lib Dem councillor.
15 May 2025
Lib Dems say shocking hospital wait stats should “shake us to our core”
Responding to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine estimating that there were more than 16,600 deaths of patients linked to long waits in A&E for hospital beds last year, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
15 May 2025
Health Foundation social care report: Government’s “embrace of dither and delay” will see taxpayers “foot an ever growing bill”
Responding to a report from the Health Foundation, which showed that just preventing a further deterioration of social care will cost the government £9.1 bn by 2034/35, Liberal Democrat Care and Carers spokesperson, Alison Bennett MP said:
15 May 2025
From the Leader: Why the new Local Plan is vital for the Borough
Wokingham Borough Council’s new Local Plan is now with the planning inspectors. If the new Local Plan is adopted without modification, we can look forward to some important benefits.
14 May 2025
Gaza Statement
The Hastings and Rye Liberal Democrats issue a statement on the current situation in Gaza and urge our local MP Helena Dollimore to acknowledge this statement of local feeling and confirm her personal position.
14 May 2025
“No more time to waste” in determining Gaza genocide – Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today warned the government that waiting for a formal court declaration of genocide in Gaza would not meet the UK’s obligations to prevent genocide under international law.
14 May 2025