Supporting Struggling Households in F&H
The Council is on track to have spent all of the £365,265 budget from Household Support Fund for 2025/26.
23 Jan 2026
Reporting Back
Tim Prater Reporting Back from KCC: January 2026
The January 2026 monthly update from Tim Prater as County Councillor for Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East.
23 Jan 2026
The Warren Campsite: The Last Rites?
From a report to the Folkestone Parks and Gardens Charity on 21st January, a really bleak assessment of the future of the former The Warren Campsite.
23 Jan 2026
Standing up for Folkestone and Grace Hill
I'm delighted that at the Folkestone Town Council Meeting of 22nd January, Folkestone Town Council unanimously resolved to back my motion to seek to buy the freehold of the Grace Hill building from Kent County Council.
TP
22 Jan 2026
Change the Tide with New Café Opportunity
A new beachside destination at Greatstone is to be known as the Changing Tides Coastal Centre when it opens this year.
22 Jan 2026
FOLCA Business Plan including Medical Centre to go to Councillors
Significant progress is being made on the future of the Folca building in Sandgate Road that includes a new medical centre at the heart of a commercial, mixed‑use development.
20 Jan 2026
National News
Children & Families
A Harms-Based Approach to Social Media
Big tech companies should not be allowed to profit at the expense of children’s wellbeing.
VC
20 Jan 2026
Health, Care & the NHS
Our plan to end the A&E corridor crisis
30,000 people wait for over 12 hours in A&E departments every single week - it's a national scandal and we have a plan to stop it.
ED
13 Jan 2026
Trump’s pharma price hike
What the Government is doing, and why we’re opposing it
HM
2 Jan 2026
A Liberal councillor who made LGBT+ history
Sam Green was the first openly gay politician ever elected in the UK – and possibly the world.
ED
19 Nov 2025
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats
Trans Awareness Week
November 13−19 2025 marks Trans Awareness Week. It is a time to listen to and act on the voices of transgender and non-binary people, celebrate their contributions and resilience, and recognise the barriers they continue to face.
13 Nov 2025
Federal Party News
Josh Babarinde elected as the new President of the Liberal Democrats
Members have elected Josh Babarinde, MP for Eastbourne, as the new President of the Liberal Democrats.
12 Nov 2025
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