Homelessness.
The latest homelessness figures revealed that 34,850 were threatened with homelessness between April and June. The figures also show 105,750 families are living in temporary accommodation...
23 Dec 2023
Local News
The Autumn Statement.
We listened with rapt attention to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement with the expectation that he would address two of the main issues haunting our great country: the cost of living crisis and our crumbling NHS.
28 Nov 2023
Water or Sewage Companies?
Water is essential for life but like so many other essentials we need it in a controlled fashion. Too much causes floods and too little droughts. Key to our supply of water are the water companies, yet these companies have continually failed us ...
14 Nov 2023
Disappearing NHS Dentistry
We have all experienced difficulty in getting dentist appointments. As a campaigner, one of my biggest worries is health provision.
3 Oct 2023
LIB DEMS COMMIT TO TRIPLE LOCK TO PROTECT PENSIONERS
The Lib Dems have become the only major party to commit to the triple lock on pensions. There are over 21,000 pensioners living in North West Hampshire alone.
3 Oct 2023
Have Your Say
Following the local elections earlier this year, the Liberal Democrats are now part of a coalition in charge of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. We're keen to hear your views on how we can make our Borough a better place to live and work.
10 Sep 2023
2025 Local Elections
Recent local election results should come as no surprise. Most citizens would tell you that “Britain is not working” and it certainly is not working for them as they struggle with the cost of living crisis and failing services.
Recent local election results should come as no surprise. Most citizens would tell you that “Britain is not working” and it certainly is not working for them as they struggle with the cost of living crisis and failing services. Amidst the uncertainty caused by the incompetence of our two major political parties, long the pillars of our political establishment, as citizens we have lost hope in a better tomorrow.
Whilst Conservative mismanagement of the economy and its destruction of services did us all no favours, Labour has failed to fulfil its election promises. Badly. From winter fuel payments to job taxes and destroying family farms through ill judge inheritance tax changes, we have seen it all.
Furthermore, we have recently suffered from a stitch up in the cancellation of the elections in Hampshire. This was proposed by the Conservative County Council and adopted with speed by the Labour government. All in the interests of efficiency as we move to Local Government Reorganisation. This has led to a major democratic deficit, and we have a Conservative administration which in all probability would have been voted out of office. If you run a business £200,000,000 in the red and not delivering on its contracts, then you would go to the wall. In the case of Hampshire County Council, it is clear that turkeys do not vote for Christmas.
This also raises problems for Local Government Reorganisation where the primary local driver, Hampshire, has no democratic mandate. It also appears to be driven by narrow self-interest rather than the public interest which we deserve. How do we move forward? Rather than adopting a justified “plague on all your houses”, voters should look at the values and competence of the candidates and parties. Clearly Labour and the Conservatives are not the answer.
Councillor Luigi Gregori
Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesperson NW Hants