Liberal Democrat campaigner Ian Chittenden has won the Kent County Council by-election for the Maidstone North East County Council seat which became vacant following the sad death of Margaret Featherstone.
Folkestone Town Council agreed to support proposals to support Discover Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh with £5,000 of financial assistance and look into developing a new Tourism Information Point in the centre of Folkestone.
The remarkable spectacle of Charivari returns to Folkestone this Saturday (14 July). The carnival procession starts in Castle Hill Avenue at 2.30pm, and processes around town to arrive on The Leas between 3 and 3.30pm.
Shepway Liberal Democrat Councillor Lynne Beaumont will be appearing this afternoon on the "Richard and Judy" show on Channel 4. The show, hosted by Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan is broadcast live from 5pm every weekday.
The Liberal Democrats have welcomed the signing of the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change by Shepway Council. The Declaration acknowledges that climate change poses a genuine threat to our planet, and that Local Authorities in particular have a crucial role to play in responding to this challenge.
Radical tax plans that will take the basic rate of income tax to its lowest level since 1916 were unveiled today by the Liberal Democrats. The move to cut the basic rate by four pence in the pound will reduce the basic rate of income tax to 16p, benefiting millions of people on low and middle incomes.
77 years ago today, the HMT Empire Windrush docked in Essex - marking the beginning of the Windrush generation’s arrival here in the UK.
So we will keep fighting - until we can finally build a society where everyone is free to be who they are.
My message to the UK’s LGBTQ+ community is clear - I support you. I stand with you.
In the face of divisive and destructive politics, it is more important than ever that the Liberal Democrats continue to offer a liberal alternative.
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