The Chair's Big Sleep-Out!
FHDC Chair Anita Jones led a charity sleep-out on the night of Wednesday 28th November alongside Council Leader Jim Martin, Deputy Leader Tim Prater and Cabinet Member Polly Blakemore.
28 Nov 2024
Wheel-y Good Folkestone Bicycle Parking Trial
12 spaces in new lockable bike hangars are being introduced as part of a one-year trial in Clifton Crescent, Folkestone.
5 Nov 2024
Beach management work Winter 2024
Contractors will begin recycling and regrading shingle along five miles of coast from Fisherman’s Beach in Hythe through Sandgate to Folkestone Harbour on Monday 4 November.
31 Oct 2024
Vikki Slade MP at LGA Conference in Harrogate
Just back yesterday from my second LGA Annual Conference and Exhibition.
TP
25 Oct 2024
Lib Dems Call for Labour to take Stronger Action on Sewage Dumping
Recent Liberal Democrat analysis revealed an increase in water bosses' bonuses despite continued sewage dumping.
25 Oct 2024
Sandgate and West Folkestone Focus October 2024
The latest Sandgate and West Folkestone update from your Lib Dem team: through doors soon!
25 Oct 2024
National News
Choose a brighter future with the Liberal Democrats | Election Broadcast
View the latest Liberal Democrat Party Political Broadcast.
29 Jan 2026
Holocaust Memorial Day Statement
On Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered in the Holocaust, and the millions of others killed under Nazi persecution.
ED
27 Jan 2026
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
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