Blue Badge Scam Websites
Kent Trading Standards continue to receive reports of bogus Blue Badge websites offering to assist with applications and charging £49 for a Blue Badge.
12 Sep 2016
A Tasty Looking Addition to Sandgate High Street
Coming Soon... Comemos Deli Cafe.
30 Aug 2016
124-132 Sandgate High Street: How Can Planning Permission still be in force?
Fresh back from my summer holiday, I had my attention drawn to a board on the hoarding on 124-132 Sandgate High Street advertising that it will shortly be sold at auction by Clive Emson. Having had a look at the sale particulars online, I have today sent Shepway District Council's Planning Depertment the following email. I await their response with interest!
30 Aug 2016
Sandgate Visitor Shows Huge Value of Volunteer Animal Charity
A tired seal that became stranded on Sandgate beach has been recovered and is now safe after the British Divers Marine Life Rescue came to its aid. The seal was rescured from Sandgate beach on Tuesday afternoon and taken to the RSPCA Mallydams wildlife centre where is was reported to be underweight but recovering.
14 Aug 2016
South East England Lib Dems Regional Autumn Conference 2016
South East Region Lib Dems are pleased to announce that their AGM and annual autumn conference will take place this year at the Bishop David Brown School in Woking and that cut price early-bird registration is now open.
13 Aug 2016
Military Road Resurfacing: We'd like our road markings back please...
Earlier this week Military Road was given a much needed re-surfacing, which was complete by Wednesday, but as yet there's no sign of the road markings being replaced. The works, which took two days to complete and started a day late, don't seem to have been scheduled in such a way as to result in the prompt repainting of the double yellow lines and other markings.
12 Aug 2016
Delay in Launch of Stanford Lorry Park Design Consultation
A six week consultation into the design of the proposed lorry park in Stanford near Junction 11 of the M20 was due to launch today - although, as reported by Kent Online, the key consultation documents were not available on time due to a technical problem.
12 Aug 2016
Lib Dems tell the Government to wake up and smell the coffee
Every year in the UK 2.5 billion coffee cups are thrown away and only 1 in 400 of these recycled. Many of these discarded cups litter our streets, lay as waste in the countryside and even end up floating in the oceans.
12 Aug 2016
Lib Dem Federal Conference Directory published
If you are planning to attend Lib Dem Autumn Conference in Brighton then you need two documents - the Agenda and the Directory. The Agenda sets out all the debates and speeches that will be happening in the Main Auditorium, and that was published last week.
12 Aug 2016
National News
Women
Stopping Violence Against Women and Girls
The Liberal Democrats are taking a stand to hold tech companies accountable, equip the police with the right powers, and build a digital world where women and girls can live safely and without fear.
MG
21 Sep 2026
Health, Care & the NHS
Supporting People to Age Well
Supporting people to age well and maintain their independence is better for them and common-sense for the NHS. The Liberal Democrats are taking a stand to fix social care, protect our NHS, and ensure everyone can age well in their own home and community.
AB
21 Sep 2026
Health, Care & the NHS
A Liberal Vision for Primary Healthcare
Liberal Democrat members have renewed our commitment to fix the front door of the NHS, restore patient choice, end dental deserts, and ensure preventative care is accessible before health problems turn into emergencies.
HM
21 Sep 2026
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