Medway Liberal Democrats are very please that Medway Council has agreed to our plan to allow Medway residents to comment on the new plans for the Splashes rebuild. However, we are deeply disappointed with how they have decided to implement the consultation.
Medway Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign in support of the Local Electricity Bill.
Medway Liberal Democrats were heartened that our call - which we first proposed in October 2021 - for the council to remove fossil fuel investments from the council's pension portfolio was finally debated on Thursday 21st April.
Today (22 April) is Earth Day, a time when each of us is asked to take stock on how they can do their part to tackle the climate emergency facing our planet. Yet there is only so much an individual can do, especially when the major contributions to Medway's carbon emissions are out of their control. A person cannot determine what kind housing is built, the kind of public transport is used or how their homes are powered. Medway Council may only contribute directly to a small percentage of Medway's carbon emissions, but they have the powers to help reduce over 30% those emissions. Therefore if we are going to meet our 2050 net zero target, we are going to need new ambitious policies.
Local Liberal Democrat campaigner Alan Wells, has welcomed the return of lighting to a public footpath in Frindsbury. In a bid to make the streets lights safer, a campaign was started last winter to switch them back on, the lights have been out for more than a year.
In these challenging times where energy prices and the cost of living is rising for Medway Residents, only around 180 families in Medway have been supported to better insulate their homes under the government's flagship Green Homes Grant scheme, new figures have revealed. The scheme was meant to help people upgrade their homes to net-zero standards and cut their energy bills through fitting better insulation or heat pumps, but was scrapped early last year after just six months. However, figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats show how the scheme has failed families in the local area.