Hampton and Hempsted Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrat Campaigners for Hampton Hargate, Hampton Vale, Hempsted, Haddon, Yaxley and Orton Longueville, led by Hampton Parish Cllr Chris Wiggin Learn more

Bold policies to protect the future of the environment were debated and accepted as a key plank of the Liberal Democrat General Election Manifesto at the party’s Spring Conference.  Read more on the national Lib Dems website   

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Under Liberal Democrat manifesto plans announced over the weekend, young people will be able to buy their own home without needing a deposit. Read more on the national Lib Dems website   

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Liberal Democrats in government are fighting to give teachers the pay they deserve for the next year.  The party believes that schools should have the flexibility to offer individual teachers a pay rise of up to 2 per cent next year. Read more on the national Lib Dems website

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Residents now only have a couple of weeks left to have their say on the Tory controlled city councils plans on library services in Peterborough which will see all ten libraries stay open for longer using self-service technology. To take the survey NOW – simply CLICK HERE! The new system will use Open+ self-service technology, […]

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New bus services could be running in Peterborough as early as October, following a successful budget amendment moved by Lib Dem Councillors on Peterborough City Council, at the latest budget meeting of Full Council. A cross party working group is to be set up to look at areas of the city which don’t have adequate […]

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Writing in the Guardian, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg and Richard Branson describe the war on drugs an “abject failure.” Nick and Richard write that it is time for fresh thinking and ask politicians to embrace the call for reform. Read more on the national Lib Dems website

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Liberal Democrats have set out plans to double the UK’s production of renewable electricity by the end of the next parliament and make Britain zero carbon by 2050. Read more on the national Lib Dems website 

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Good news on the Council budget! Following pressure from Lib Dems and several environmental groups, the Council cabinet have dropped their proposal to remove over a fifth of all the shrubs and hedgerows in Peterborough. Instead an alternative saving will be made by the Council contractor Amey adopting revised landscape management regimes, with reduced grass […]

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According to the Local Government Chronicle, “Cambridgeshire leader Steve Count (Con) said talks had taken place with Peterborough City Council about potentially forming a combined authority.” Now as a Liberal Democrat, I am of course a huge fan of decentralisation, removing power and decision making from the bureaucrats in Whitehall and putting it in the […]

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Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced that the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations to government for the 2015 rates are as follows: Adult rate – £6.70  Read more on the national Lib Dems website

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