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Jul 16
Royston Liberal Democrats
Jun 26
Zoom councillor surgeries
Our Councillors are available to meet residents remotely in our Zoom councillor surgeries, where we welcome questions, comments or suggestions on any local issues. From 5th September onwards, they are held monthly on the first Saturday of the month at 11am. The meetings are hosted by County Councillor Steve Jarvis and the Zoom meeting ID …
Jun 11
Statement on recent Twitter comments surrounding the Royston Museum
Black Lives Matter. Royston Liberal Democrats reject all prejudice and discrimination based upon race, colour, religion, age, disability, sex or sexual orientation and oppose all forms of entrenched privilege and inequality. We do not celebrate historical figures that have strong associations with slavery or oppression of any sort, and will work via democratic means to …
May 11
Town Council is suspended
Royston Town Council decided at its Extraordinary meeting on 23rd March 2020 (draft minutes are available here) to suspend many council functions, including regular meetings. All necessary decisions are being made by two councillors and the clerk. Virtual meetings are now permitted by law, and many parish councils locally are holding meetings in this way. …
Jun 09
Time for change at North Herts Council
Following this year’s local elections, in which Lib Dems gained five seats, no party has a majority on North Herts Council. We met with representatives from both the Conservative group and the Labour group to see what could be the best solution for the residents and businesses of North Hertfordshire over the next twelve months. …
Jun 02
Thank You!
A big thank you to local people who went out and voted in the local elections this May. Carol Stanier now joins Ruth Brown as your second Lib Dem District Councillor. Thank you also to those who voted in the European elections. Liberal Democrats topped the poll in North Herts, helping to elect Barbara Gibson …
May 19
Recording of Town Council meetings
Royston Lib Dems are pleased to announce that as from 13th May (the most recent Annual Meeting of Royston Town Council) we will be recording all public meetings of the Council and sharing these with the public on our website. We hope that this will enable more people to learn what occurs at council meetings …
May 16
Home-Start Aquathon
Royston Lib Dems are entering a team for the Royston & South Cambs Home-Start Aquathon on 19th May at Royston Leisure Centre. We will donate all the funds raised to this amazing local charity so please do give generously. Click here to visit our JustGiving page where you can donate. You can sponsor us per length …
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Latest from Facebook
We have just heard that Morrisons plan to close their Royston store on 25th October 2020. We are saddened by this decision, which we as County, District and Town Councillors, and as local campaigners, have done everything in our power to prevent. We believe this closure could adversely affect the whole town centre and in particular those people less able to travel for their shopping. Our thoughts now are with the current employees, who we hope will find new jobs quickly in the local area.
Please welcome the party’s new deputy leader Daisy Cooper, from the nearby St Albans constituency
Liberal Democrats plan to woo ‘soft conservatives’ repulsed by ‘thuggish’ Johnson Tories
independent.co.uk
New deputy leader outlines target seat plan to lift party from electoral troughEd is right, No Deal Brexit is highly irresponsible and COVID is a great challenge to the international community, the combination is madness
Liberal Democrats
"COVID and Brexit, put them together: disaster." - Ed Davey says on Politics Live today.
The NHS, our economy, and jobs across the country are already under huge amounts of pressure due to coronavirus. It would be unthinkable to add a no deal Brexit on top of that pressure.
Read this post from local Cllr on the potential closure of Morrisons and the decline of our High Streets www.facebook.com/CarolStanier4RoystonHeath/posts/1405615942974637
Replacing business rates: taxing land, not investment
libdems.org.uk
Demand Better for our communitiesCongratulations Ed DaveyIt's official: Ed Davey is the new Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Congratulations Ed!