Volunteers Week Celebrates 40 Years
Volunteers Week takes place from Monday 3 June to Sunday 9 June. This year, Volunteers Week will be celebrating its 40th anniversary, so is a significant milestone and cause for celebration.
31 May 2024
Larry Ngan
Larry Ngan Welcomes 4th July General Election
It's time this rotten Conservative Government went. Every vote for the Liberal Democrats and Larry Ngan in Folkestone and Hythe on 4th July is a vote to tackle three absolutely key issues for our area.
23 May 2024
Funding For Your Community in Folkestone & Hythe
FHDC Leader Jim Martin of the Green Party and Deputy Leader Tim Prater of the Liberal Democrats opted to reduce their special responsibility allowance and use that money to top up the ward grant budget.
21 May 2024
Sandgate
Sandgate Annual Parish Meeting 2024: Chair’s Overview
Chair's Welcome and Yearly Overview given to the Sandgate Annual Parish Meeting on 20th May 2024 by Sandgate Parish Chair Tim Prater.
21 May 2024
Weald of Kent Fundraising Dinner
A special fundraising dinner to support the campaign in the new Weald of Kent constituency will be held at the Dering Arms, Pluckley on Friday June 7th at 7pm.
20 May 2024
Standing up for renters
Lib Dem Peers Kath Pinnock and Dorothy Thornhill championed the Liberal Democrat commitment to ensuring the private rented sector is fair for all.
20 May 2024
National News
Cost of living
Our plan to halve energy bills by 2035
Sky-high energy bills are a massive problem for families, pensioners and businesses across the UK.
LD
25 Jul 2025
International Affairs
Ending the suffering in Gaza and the West Bank
We can’t turn a blind eye to the devastation across the Occupied Territories if we want to achieve a permanent peace for Palestinians and Israelis.
LD
24 Jul 2025
Economy & Business
My liberal vision for a thriving economy
I’m proud that once again it is the Liberal Democrats leading the way, with our vision for an economy that is growing strongly, where everyone feels the benefits.
ED
16 Jul 2025
Education
Our five principles for SEND reform
Ed Davey Munira Wilson have written to Keir Starmer setting out five principles for SEND reform, and offering to work on a cross-party basis with the government to ensure the reforms deliver for children with SEND and their families.
LD
9 Jul 2025
Benefits & Pensions
Standing up for the most vulnerable in society
Why we opposed the Government’s welfare bill
SD
3 Jul 2025
Windrush Day 2025
77 years ago today, the HMT Empire Windrush docked in Essex - marking the beginning of the Windrush generation’s arrival here in the UK.
20 Jun 2025
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