Connor Docwra Selected as County Council Candidate for Soham South & Haddenham
On Friday, Connor Docwra was selected as the Lib Dem Candidate for the vacant Soham South & Haddenham Division on Cambridgeshire County Council.
2 Apr 2023
News from across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Including news from your Lib Dem local parties for South Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Peterborough and Fenland
A referendum is not the answer
CAMBRIDGE CONGESTION CHARGE This is the speech by Lorna Dupré at Cambridgeshire County Council in response to a Conservative motion calling for a £1.5 million referendum (of Cambridgeshire residents aged 18+) about the GCP's proposed congestion charge.
21 Mar 2023
Do Not Be Misled
East Cambs Lib Dems do not support the current proposals for a congestion charge. The proposals are not fair or equitable for East Cambs residents. The GCP needs to listen to the concerns of residents and not implement the current proposals.
21 Mar 2023
Conservative South Cambridgeshire MP running scared, it seems
Pippa responds to the Conservative MP's announcement that he won't defend South Cambs seat at the next General Election.
PH
18 Mar 2023
Cost Of Living
Childcare Prices Rise by £930.28 in a Single Year in East of England
Liberal Democrat analysis of the figures in the 2022 Coram Childcare Report and the 2023 Coram Childcare Report show a £930.28 rise for parents paying for 25 hours of childcare a week.
CJS
17 Mar 2023
Lib Dems hold seat in by-election for Cottenham and Rampton
Pippa welcomes this much-deserved win by the Liberal Democrats in the by-election for Cottenham and Rampton leading to election of deeply respected local champion.
PH
16 Mar 2023
Lorna and Mark present Sutton GP petition
Sutton’s Liberal Democrat councillors Lorna Dupré and Mark Inskip today presented a 2,323-signature petition calling for GP services to continue to be provided in the village.
9 Mar 2023
Health
915 people in North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust area left waiting two months to start cancer treatment
915 people were stuck waiting for more than two months before receiving treatment at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, which includes Peterborough City, Hinchingbrooke and Stamford & Rutland Hospitals.
CSB
8 Mar 2023
Stanground
Safer School Streets for our children and communities.
As a local mother and having worked in several education settings across Peterborough, I know the issues faced surrounding inconsiderate parking and dangerous speeding around schools, first hand.
CJS
8 Mar 2023
Honoured to be recognised in Houses of Parliament in national environmental award ceremony
Last week, I was honoured to be a finalist in what has been referred to as the Green Oscars: The Green Heart Hero Awards
PH
7 Mar 2023
Police & Crime
Elderly fraud victims are facing a “tidal wave of scams” with losses of over £1 million a day,
The party accused the Conservatives of being “asleep at the wheel” in the fight against fraud, and called for an urgent strategy to protect victims including the vulnerable and elderly from online scams.
CCH
27 Feb 2023
Cost Of Living
Save families in Peterborough from £500 energy bill rise in April
The Liberal Democrats are demanding the Government cancel plans to hike the average household energy bill by £500 in April, and bring in a tax on the “bonanza bonuses” of oil and gas bosses.
CJS
27 Feb 2023
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