Free Real Christmas Tree Recycling Welcomed
Shepway District Council are offering to recycle your real Christmas tree for free from 9 January to 3 February 2017.
3 Jan 2017
Tory Wipeout as Lib Dems surge in Local Government by-elections
The Conservatives lost every single Council seat they were defending in local-by elections last night, including 3 seats to the Liberal Democrats in the South-West, all areas that had voted Leave in the EU referendum.
16 Dec 2016
Southeastern Christmas 2016: Summary of service changes
There are changes to Southeastern train services over the holiday period as Network Rail carry out work to improve your railway.
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15 Dec 2016
MEPs declare war on wildlife traffickers
MEPs have voted for tough measures to combat the growing trade in illegal wildlife products which is destroying the planet's ecosystem.
14 Dec 2016
Huge Blow to Shepway Council's Princes Parade Plans
Campaigners seeking to stop Shepway District Council's development of Princes Parade have been massively boosted by Historic England's who have said that the area "should not be allocated for significant new development in the draft local plan, and that it should remain as largely open green space as per the last Local Plan inquiry and the decision by the Inspector".
6 Dec 2016
Sandgate Parking Complaint - A Tale of Woe.
What follows is the correspondence between myself and Shepway District Council about the Sandgate East CPZ (so far). What it boils down to is... I complained under Shepway's Corporate Complaints Procedure, Shepway chose to "investigate" it under another procedure (which took a while), Shepway decided they didn't agree with me (and sent me a broken - as of 2nd December at 16:40 - link to the procedure they didn't investigate it under), and now they'd like me to get back into my box please (the last bit is my assumption). This is what we pay our Council Tax for folks!
2 Dec 2016
Another Parking Triumph from Shepway District Council
Shepway District Council continue the process of putting in place the Sandgate CPZ, despite over 96% of respondents to the statutory consultation on the scheme being against.
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24 Nov 2016
Come and Meet Tim Farron in Canterbury
Lib Dem Party Leader Tim Farron is visiting Canterbury on Tuesday 22nd November - would you like to see him there?
15 Nov 2016
The essential introduction to Liberal history: 350 years of party history in 32 pages
The Liberal Democrat History Group's booklet, Liberal History: A concise history of the Liberal Party, SDP and Liberal Democrats, has been revised and updated to include the coalition and its impact and the 2015 election and its aftermath.
14 Nov 2016
National News
International Affairs
Trump and the Wider World
The international stage has been shaken by a series of reckless and illegal actions from Donald Trump’s White House. Liberal Democrat members have passed a new motion to bolster our national defence and strengthen our alliances with reliable partners.
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by Calum Miller
15 Mar 2026
Children & Families
A digital world fit for the next generation
For too long, tech giants have treated children as data to be mined, using addictive algorithms and harmful content to keep them scrolling. While some are calling for blanket bans, we know these are impractical and risk isolating vulnerable groups.
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15 Mar 2026
Defence
Britain’s nuclear deterrent depends on Trump. It’s time to change that
If the answer to “Is our nuclear deterrent working?” depends on what Donald Trump had for breakfast, then the answer is no, it’s not. And our deterrent is not truly independent.
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14 Mar 2026
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