Storm Goretti: Update from Folkestone & Hythe District Council
Storm Goretti hit the district overnight, with the weather and impact certainly being much worse than had been expected / forecast.
9 Jan 2026
National News
Storm Goretti: COBRA should be convened immediately to handle emergency response
Responding to the impact of Storm Goretti, which carried a red storm warning in the South West of England and left more than 44,000 properties without power and transport links in chaos, Liberal Democrat Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington commente
9 Jan 2026
Wales - Transport
Welsh Lib Dems Call on UK Government to Extend Rural Fuel Duty Relief to Wales
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have this week called on the UK Government to extend the Rural Fuel Duty Relief scheme to rural parts of Wales, after highlighting that rural Welsh communities were explicitly excluded from the scheme when it was designed by th
9 Jan 2026
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
David Chadwick Calls on UK Government to Extend Rural Fuel Duty Relief to Powys
Local Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe David Chadwick has this week called on the UK Government to extend the Rural Fuel Duty Relief scheme to rural parts of Wales, after highlighting that rural Welsh communities were explicitly e
9 Jan 2026
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
David Chadwick Calls on UK Government to Extend Rural Fuel Duty Relief to Powys
Local Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe David Chadwick has this week called on the UK Government to extend the Rural Fuel Duty Relief scheme to rural parts of Wales, after highlighting that rural Welsh communities were explicitly e
9 Jan 2026
SNP must rethink business rates hike following UK climbdown
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP has today said that the SNP government should immediately rethink their revaluation of non-domestic business rates, following changes in how rates are calculated for pubs in England.
9 Jan 2026
