Queen Edith's Lib Dem Blog
QE Lib Dem News 27/11/23
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27 Nov 2023
Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats
For a greener and fairer Cambridgeshire
News from across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Autumn Statement allowing South Cambs’ health service to crumble
Pippa Heylings has accused the Government of being ‘content with local health services crumbling’ after Wednesday’s Autumn Statement failed to provide additional funding for local health services
PH
24 Nov 2023
LIB DEMS CELEBRATE COUNCIL BY-ELECTION WIN
Liberal Democrats are celebrating their latest win on Cambridge City Council last night. Immy Blackburn Horgan’s election as city councillor for Queen Edith’s ward was the second Liberal Democrat gain on the council this year.
24 Nov 2023
ITV Anglia: Tory Govt Rwanda scheme immoral and unlawful
Pippa Heylings highlights how Tory Rwanda scheme is unworkable and unlawful and highlights what the Lib Dems would do
PH
23 Nov 2023
Ian Sollom: Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement prioritises headlines over health
With his Autumn Statement Jeremy Hunt has shown how little the Conservatives care about the everyday struggles of people in St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire trying to access NHS services.
IS
23 Nov 2023
ITV Anglia: Prioritise clearing NHS backlog, says Pippa
Ahead of Autumn Statement, Pippa Heylings urges priority on funding to clear NHS backlog over cutting inheritance tax
PH
16 Nov 2023
Water Industry Execs Pocket Staggering £10 Million in Salaries Amid Sewage Scandal
The Liberal Democrats’ annual Water Firm Payout Tracker, has recorded salaries and pension payouts for senior executives to be at an all time high since the tracker began its analysis three years ago.
PH
16 Nov 2023
Ely & East Cambridgeshire’s Conservative MPs urged to back GP and dentists rescue plan in King’s Speech amendment
As NHS waiting lists hit record high of 7.8 million, Ely & East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats call on Conservative MPs Lucy Frazer and Stephen Barclay to back an amendment to the King’s Speech to address the crisis in the NHS.
15 Nov 2023
Community
Our community centres and libraries are under threat of closure
The council is currently in the midst of a Localities Review, this is a much-needed restart to the old Communities Asset Transfer program which stalled a couple of years ago.
CCH
14 Nov 2023
National News from the Lib Dems
Environment
Lib Dems table new law to compensate sewage sickness victims
Almost 2,000 water users reported being ill last year afters swimming and surfing - nearly triple the number on previous years
LD
4 Dec 2023
Latest UK News
Strip Johnson of allowance and bar him from future honours
Boris Johnson was never fit to be Prime Minister. He should reap no benefits, in money or in honours, for the disgraceful way he behaved in office.
LD
3 Dec 2023
Health, Care & the NHS
Government 25% below cancer treatment target as charity says 20,000 deaths a year avoidable
The government’s failure to meet this target is putting people’s lives at risk.
LD
28 Nov 2023