Lib Dems hold seat in by-election for Cottenham and Rampton
Pippa welcomes this much-deserved win by the Liberal Democrats in the by-election for Cottenham and Rampton leading to election of deeply respected local champion.
PH
16 Mar 2023
News from across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Including news from your Lib Dem local parties for South Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Peterborough and Fenland
Lorna and Mark present Sutton GP petition
Sutton’s Liberal Democrat councillors Lorna Dupré and Mark Inskip today presented a 2,323-signature petition calling for GP services to continue to be provided in the village.
9 Mar 2023
Health
915 people in North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust area left waiting two months to start cancer treatment
915 people were stuck waiting for more than two months before receiving treatment at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, which includes Peterborough City, Hinchingbrooke and Stamford & Rutland Hospitals.
CSB
8 Mar 2023
Stanground
Safer School Streets for our children and communities.
As a local mother and having worked in several education settings across Peterborough, I know the issues faced surrounding inconsiderate parking and dangerous speeding around schools, first hand.
CJS
8 Mar 2023
Honoured to be recognised in Houses of Parliament in national environmental award ceremony
Last week, I was honoured to be a finalist in what has been referred to as the Green Oscars: The Green Heart Hero Awards
PH
7 Mar 2023
Police & Crime
Elderly fraud victims are facing a “tidal wave of scams” with losses of over £1 million a day,
The party accused the Conservatives of being “asleep at the wheel” in the fight against fraud, and called for an urgent strategy to protect victims including the vulnerable and elderly from online scams.
CCH
27 Feb 2023
Cost Of Living
Save families in Peterborough from £500 energy bill rise in April
The Liberal Democrats are demanding the Government cancel plans to hike the average household energy bill by £500 in April, and bring in a tax on the “bonanza bonuses” of oil and gas bosses.
CJS
27 Feb 2023
Cambridgeshire County
Hunts Lib Dems win in St Neots The Eatons
Lib Dem Geoff Seeff wins the St Neots The Eatons County Council by-election
NH
17 Feb 2023
MARKET WARD LIB DEMS WELCOME CHANGE OF HEART ON LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE
Plans to remove the neighbourhood convenience store from Fitzroy Street in Cambridge’s Grafton Area have been changed following a series of talk with...
15 Feb 2023
Cambridge Lib Dems Mourn Loss of Former Councillors
Cambridge Liberal Democrats were sad to learn of the passing of two former Cambridge city councillors in January. Evelyn Knowles represented West...
15 Feb 2023
Health
Peterborough Lib Dems call for Carers’ Minimum Wage as vacancies spiral to 743
The Liberal Democrats are calling for a higher minimum wage for care workers in Peterborough, to tackle chronic staff shortages in social care. It comes as the latest figures reveal Peterborough has 743 job vacancies in the social care sector, meaning there is a vacancy rate of around 12.6%.
CSB
14 Feb 2023
Opinion
Welcome for overdue action on HMOs
With widespread concerns for a number of years about the proliferation of HMOs, we are finally seeing this council announcing plans to take action. I hope this means that residents will finally get a say in what happens in their neighbourhoods.
CCW
11 Feb 2023
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