Including news from your Lib Dem local parties for South Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Peterborough and Fenland
Liberal Democrat MPs Charlotte Cane, Pippa Heylings and Ian Sollom have backed their party’s ambitious new rescue plan for the SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) system, unveiled at their spring conference in Harrogate.
Charlotte Cane, MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire, held the first in a series of Community Meetings for constituents on Saturday, 1 March.
Latest Updates from the QE Lib Dem team - 25th March 2025
Lib Dems say that City Council seemed 'frozen in the headlights' in the aftermath of last year’s losses from the Cambridge Folk Festival.
Last week we saw another chapter in the saga surrounding the Werrington Fields and Ken Stimpson Academy.
Vote of No Confidence in Mayor as Labour Councillors Shut Down Crucial Planning Debate, Liberal Democrats Condemn "Erosion of Local Democracy"
Commenting on the announcement by Babylon Arts of its closure with effect from September 2025, Cllr Lorna Dupré (Leader, Lib Dem & Independent Group, East Cambs District Council) said...
Cambridge Council Rejects Urgent Housing Repairs Plan After 300 Tenant Damp Reports Lost; Executive Councillor Blames Tenants
When we think back to last year, we had a severe issue with the non-delivery of savings for last year’s budget which meant we had an in-year deficit of £11m, which took a lot of time and effort to close.
The Liberal Democrat and Independent Group on East Cambridgeshire District Council proposed a series of measures at the budget meeting tonight (25 February)...
The Lib Dem plan to pause and reconsider Labour’s cutbacks in street cleaning, public realm enforcement, public toilet closures and the price of a swim was rejected last night at Cambridge City Council.
Cllr Kathrin Holtzmann (Lib Dem, Ely East) successfully got East Cambs District Council to agree to write to the Environment Agency calling on it to introduce a by-law against the practice of emptying sewage from ’sea toilets' in 2024.
