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Co-leader Basingstoke and Deane Eastrop and Grove Ward. Hampshire County Council Basingstoke South East division
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JD Vance is erasing from history the hundreds of British troops who gave their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

submitted 102 days ago • 1 comment

Lovely to be out knocking on doors this week in #Hook Thanks to those who spared a few moments to tell me about: 👩‍🏫 Special Educational Needs 🍃 The #environment 🚌 Lack of rural #bus services 🫣 #potholes and the dreadful state of our roads. Plus - anger at the cancellation of local elections.

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... How pensioners cope without winter fuel payments matters. How employers react to NI hike is important. Absence of an economic growth plan for the short term is frightening. That a young Rachel Reeves messed up her expenses form is not news, but a distraction from it.

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

My statement following today's announcement of the cancellation of Hampshire County Council's elections.

submitted 129 days ago • 1 comment

From visiting life-saving volunteers in at St John Ambulance, to calling for reforms to family courts, tackling housing issues, and advocating compassionate visa policies, it’s been a busy week representing #Woking and its villages!

submitted 139 days ago • 1 comment

In what was an eventful week for some important local issues, here's what I was working on:

submitted 139 days ago • 1 comment

The new Basingstoke Hospital, promised first by Boris Johnson and the Conservatives for completion by 2030, has now been delayed until between 2037 and 2039. This is unacceptable. The Conservatives broke their word to our community and now this government has kicked the issue into the long grass.

submitted 145 days ago • 1 comment

❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour Chipping Norton (West Oxfordshire) council by-election result: LDEM: 31.3% (+22.2) CON: 29.7% (-0.2) LAB: 27.2% (-33.8) GRN: 11.8% (+11.8) +/- 2022 Estimated turnout: ~23% (-13) https://buff.ly/4fvFrWM

submitted 211 days ago • 4 comments

❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour after transfers Colinton / Fairmilehead (Edinburgh) council by-election result: LDEM: 36.3% (+22.5) CON: 19.6% (-2.8) LAB: 19.5% (-17.5) SNP: 10.8% (-8.3) GRN: 5.3% (-0.7) +/- 2022 https://buff.ly/4fvFrWM

submitted 211 days ago • 1 comment

“This situation has led to reduced consumer choice, strained business relationships, a tarnished UK business reputation, diminished confidence in border processes, compromised food security, and setbacks in achieving our environmental targets.” ~AA #Brexit www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 229 days ago • 0 comments