“We will Fight Tooth and Nail to Stop this Crazy Plan for a Huge Unitary Council” say Pendle Liberals
Liberal Democrats in Pendle have vowed to fight tooth and nail against the “crazy plan” put forward at a closed-doors meeting by the Leader and Deputy Leader of Lancashire County Council to carry out a complete reorganisation of local Councils in Lancashire within the next 12 months. They are calling on Andrew Stephenson, Conservative MP…
Pendle Liberal Democrats reject Lancashire Mayor
Leading Pendle Liberals have called on Pendle Council to reject what they call the “dangerous, costly and undemocratic” proposal for an elected Mayor for the whole of Lancashire, at the special Council Meeting on Friday. Liberal Democrat group leader Councillor David Whipp said: “Residents risk losing control of local issues as Conservative and Labour leaders…
Lib Dem Gordon Lishman Fixing Social Care System
Gordon Lishman is the Liberal Democrat candidate for Pendle in the General Elections. He is looking to make fixing the social care system one of his top priorities. “I’ve spent my working life dealing with the problems faced by older people and there is no bigger challenge than how we get social care right for…
Gordon Lishman Promises a Brighter Future for Pendle
This election is about something much deeper than Brexit – our political system is broken but together we can make it work again. Brexit happened because many of us felt shut out of decisions made in London. The tragedy is that our areas will be the biggest losers from Brexit because we still make things…
Declare Climate Emergency in Pendle say Lib Dems
CLIMATE EMERGENCY – CALL FOR ACTION IN PENDLE Liberal Democrat Councillor Tony Greaves is calling on Pendle council to declare a Climate Emergency in Pendle and to set up an all-party member and officer working group to set a programme aimed at “making Pendle Council and its arms-length bodies carbon-neutral by 2030, and for working…