Overnight results
With the first counts in this year's local elections complete it has been a good night for the Lib Dems.
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With the first counts in this year's local elections complete it has been a good night for the Lib Dems.
"Voters across the country simply can't stomach this Conservative Government any longer," says Lib Dem MP Munira Wilson.
Lib Dems nearly took a safe Labour seat on Liverpool City Council tonight with a HUGE swing.
Responding to government minister Simon Hart's comments this morning that "the world has moved on" from partygate, Liberal Democrat Christine Jardine MP said:
Responding to the record high COVID figures and the ending of free lateral flow covid tests, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP commented:
Over 1,000 residents in Oldham have been sent a voucher for £60 after Councillor Sam Al-Hamdani identified that they had been missed off for a household support fund payment over Christmas.
Oldham Liberal Democrats have backed RSPCA’s local government manifesto for animal welfare which aims to encourage councils to step up animal welfare measures.
Leader of Oldham Liberal Democrats councillor Howard Sykes MBE has slammed the Conservative government after news broke that the NHS in Greater Manchester had been plunged into special measures following drastic spending cuts and poor performance.
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey was in Romiley this week to see first-hand the levels of sewage dumping into the River Goyt, which have increased dramatically in the last year, from already crisis levels.
Leader of Oldham Liberal Democrats and Shaw ward councillor, Howard Sykes MBE has welcomed the news that a lapsed public space protection order covering Crompton Moor is about to be reinstated on the 22 April.
The new scheme was supposed to stop visitors parking on residential road. But 159 fines were handed out - leading to a 'backlog' in appeals.