Protecting Oaken Wood in Maidstone
Speaking at Kent County Council on 16th July, Tim Prater spoke to have the designated ancient woodland of Oaken Wood near Maidstone removed as a quarry site from the Kent Minerals Plan.
16 Jul 2026
National News
Council urged to do much more to help those in need
No decision and no information from Bedford Borough Council
16 Jul 2026
Liz Jarvis MP condemns “disgraceful incident” as Southern Water admits to 4 miles long pollution spill in River Test
Southern Water admitted to polluting a precious Hampshire chalk stream river today, with a dark plume four miles long contaminating the River Test.
16 Jul 2026
Alistair Carmichael - Westminster
“Major win for coastguard volunteers” – government intervenes to pause remuneration changes
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today welcomed a major win for coastguard volunteers, as the government intervened to pause planned changes to volunteer remuneration by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
16 Jul 2026
Local News
Lib Dems react to Local Government Reorganisation
Lichfield Liberal Democrats react to local government reorganisation news
16 Jul 2026
Oldham
Labour and Reform team up to stop administration votes
The two largest groups on Oldham Council – Reform and Labour – have been slammed by the Liberal Democrat group, after they worked together to block two new approaches to get an administration for Oldham at Wednesday’s Oldham Council meeting.
16 Jul 2026