Budget speech, Full Council 5th February 2025
This Tory budget is like a second hand car - residents won't be able to rely on it for the journey ahead
14 Feb 2025
Morningside
February 2025 news from Councillor Neil Ross
This month's edition includes updates on the Greenbank/Meadows Quiet Route, bus disruptions and bin collections.
13 Feb 2025
Parliament discusses LGBT+ History Month
Christine Jardine MP speaks for the Lib Dems
13 Feb 2025
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Edinburgh
Responding to Edinburgh's Housing Emergency
Liberal Democrat councillors in Edinburgh are fighting for more affordable and social rent housing.
13 Feb 2025
From the Leader: Time for a better form of politics
This week, influenced in part by the recent Winnersh by-election, I want to return to a topic that I have raised before – the way in which politics is conducted.
13 Feb 2025
Chelmsford Lib Dems are helping rough sleepers and other homeless people
At Chelmsford City Council, the leadership is working hard to ensure that there is a range of services to help those with drug/alcohol addiction problems or mental health issues. Obviously, this is not something the City Council can deliver on its own. That is why we have been facilitating better cooperation between all the organisations such as CHESS, Sanctus, Helping Hands Essex, faith groups, the NHS, Essex County Council and so on. . After the 2019 election, we organised a homelessness forum that brought together over 30 organisations around the table to discuss how to tackle rough sleeping in particular. Since then, the co-operation between all the agencies involved has been MUCH better. There is now a monthly meeting where charities working with homeless people can inform and influence council policy. Any group involved in this topic that has suggestions to feed into this is welcome to get in touch with the Council or one of the forum members. . The pandemic has accelerated the plans of several involved
13 Feb 2025