Labour In Crisis
The local Labour Party has only been able to field just 21 candidates to fight the 46 seats on Shepway Council. Both the Lib Dems and the Tories are fighting every seat.
10 Apr 2003
More Police NOW!
Lib Dem Peter Carroll has launched a county wide campaign to change the way Kent is policed. Currently Kent Police uses a system called 'intelligence led' policing which leads to very few officers actually being on patrol.
2 Apr 2003
Tory Tax Hike For Shepway
Council Tax for local residents is going up by over 15% this year. This latest tax rise by the Conservative run local Councils mean Band D residents will see their bill rise over the £1000 mark.
29 Mar 2003
Lib Dems Fight For Cleaner, Safer Streets
Local Lib Dems have launched their campaign to win control of Shepway Council on 1st May.
21 Mar 2003
Iraq Latest
" Whatever were our anxieties about the justification for war, now that military action in Iraq has begun, we all hope and pray that it can be concluded as swiftly as possible with minimal casualties. My thoughts are particularly with our British service personnel in the Gulf and their families at home. I know that we, as a country, will unite in supporting them."
20 Mar 2003
More Facilities For Folkestone Needed
More needs to be done to attract new jobs, shops and leisure facilities to Folkestone say local Lib Dems. Folkestone's Town Centre has never been in a worse state according to many local residents.
16 Mar 2003
National News
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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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