Politics
South Glos Lib Dems annouce candidates for upcoming Frampton Cotterell Parish By-Election
Kate Andrews and Jon Lean will take the fight to Reform UK on Thursday 14th May.
20 Apr 2026
National News
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Rochford District Council
Rochford Conservatives and Rochford District Residents Party miss £39 billion housing deadline while 362 families wait
Rochford District Council has failed to submit a bid for the government's Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) — a £39 billion, ten-year funding programme that could have delivered new affordable and social homes for local residents.
20 Apr 2026
Ed Davey: Simon Case should give evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee over Mandelson vetting
Liberal Democrat Leader, Ed Davey, has called for Simon Case, the former Cabinet Secretary to be summoned to give evidence before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee to discuss what advice he gave the Prime Minister regarding Peter Mandelson’s security c
20 Apr 2026
Lib Dems propose bin storage units to clean up Plymouth streets
Labour-run Plymouth City Council needs to fix the overflowing wheelie bins around the Barbican and lining the route to the Hoe,...
20 Apr 2026
Councillor Jeanette Sunderland - Rest in Peace
The Lib Dem family and I in Bradford are shocked and saddened to learn Jeanette Sunderland has passed away. Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with her husband Andrew, her daughter Rachel, and all her wider family and friends.
20 Apr 2026
Anna Sabine MP Leads Call for “Infrastructure First” Approach in Somer Valley Local Plan
Anna Sabine, MPt for Frome and East Somerset, has written to Bath & North East Somerset Council and the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), urging a fundamental rethink of plans for large-scale housing growth in the Somer Valley.
20 Apr 2026