Delivering Results for Our City
Your Lib Dem councillors have been working hard to deliver real results for our city.
9 Apr 2025
Wera Hobhouse MP urges government to incentivise solar power
29 Feb 2024
Shetland
Wishart: ‘We need to avoid RTS chaos’
Shetland MSP, Beatrice Wishart has called for action to avoid Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) chaos, securing party policy change through an emergency motion at the Scottish Liberal Democrat Spring Conference in Inverness last weekend.
9 Apr 2025
Half of Brits less likely to buy US goods after Trump tariffs as public overwhelmingly backs a ‘Buy British’ campaign
Half of UK adults say they are now less likely to buy American products in the wake of Donald Trump’s tariffs on the UK, a shocking new poll commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
8 Apr 2025
Waverley
Local Lib Dems fighting impact of Labour Government's National Planning Policy Framework
Waverley’s annual new housing target has doubled overnight — from an already challenging 710 homes per year under the Conservatives, to a staggering 1,440 homes. Liberal Democrat councillors at Waverley Borough Council are standing up for our communities.
LT
8 Apr 2025
Hampshire County Councils shocks Hamble Residents!
Hampshire County Council shocked Hamble residents at the Cemex Gravel Appeal by withdrawing its objection to Cemex’s plans for a quarry on the Airfield with over 1000 extra heavy lorry movements every week.
8 Apr 2025
Birmingham
The date when justice was served
Popular local Councillor Mumtaz Hussain responds to the news that former Councillor Muhammed Afzal has been stripped of his honorary Alderman benefits.
8 Apr 2025
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero, called on the government to provide incentives for energy providers to develop solar power in the UK.
Mrs Hobhouse slammed the government for falling behind on meeting the UK’s renewable targets for solar energy capacity. The government plans to deploy 70 GW of solar power across the country by 2035. However, as of 2022, the UK had only installed 14.3 GW of solar pv.
Following a visit to a rooftop solar system installed by Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE) at Beechen Cliff School last year, Wera Hobhouse is keen to encourage the development of similar solar projects across Bath. The solar system is predicted to significantly cut the school’s fuel costs and reduce their carbon emissions by 52 tonnes a year.
In the House of Commons on the 27th February, the Bath MP noted that the UK is lagging behind the rest of the world in renewable energy investment, she urged the government to offer incentives to energy providers to improve solar capacity.
However, Andrew Bowie, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Energy Security and Net Zero, ignored Hobhouse’s proposals, failing to describe the ways in which the government could incentivise solar energy. Instead, Bowie said that the government’s Solar Taskforce would publish recommendations for solar power and reiterated the government’s target to deploy 70 GW by 2035.
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero, commented:
“The Conservatives are falling dangerously behind on meeting our targets for renewable energy production. It is no good the government setting an ambitious 70 GW solar target if they are nowhere near reaching it.
“It is clear that they have no plan to get us back on track to reach Net Zero. Evidently, they are more than happy to dismiss perfectly good proposals like incentivising solar power. That is why I am so proud that Bath is home to many community energy projects like the solar system at Beechen Cliff School, so that we can lead the way in renewables.”
“It is not just our climate targets harmed by the Conservatives’ delay. Families in Bath and across the country are struggling to pay soaring energy bills which investment in renewables could curb. That is why we Liberal Democrats would build significantly more renewable energy, aiming to generate 80% of our electricity from renewables by 2030.”
Peter Capener, Managing Director of Bath & West Community Energy said:
“Our work with schools is really demonstrating the value of community energy in both addressing the climate crisis and reducing fuel bills. Rooftop solar installed last year has already saved local schools a combined total of £134,209 and has reduced carbon emissions by 224.3 tonnes, which is equivalent to 12,173 journeys from Bath to Edinburgh by train!”
