Clare's Priorities For Weston Central Ward
On Thursday 16 December there will be a special by-election to elect a new Weston-super-Mare Town Councillor for Weston Central Ward.
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29 Nov 2021
News
Local businessperson to fight Town Council by-election for LibDems
A by-election will take place in December for a vacant seat on Weston-super-Mare Town Council in Weston Central Ward and the Liberal Democrats have announced that local businessperson Clare Morris will contest the seat representing the party.
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22 Nov 2021
24,000 pensioners in Weston-super-Mare and surrounding villages hit by Conservative broken promise on triple lock
The Liberal Democrats have published figures showing that 24.316 State Pensioners in the Weston-super-Mare area are set to be impacted by the government breaking its manifesto promise and suspending the triple lock on pensions.
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23 Sep 2021
Catch up on N. Somerset Council Exec Q&A session
Once a month the North Somerset Council Executive hold a Facebook Live Q&A to enable residents to ask questions directly to Council leaders.
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13 May 2021
Weston-super-Mare LibDems slam undemocratic Tory "voter suppression plan"
A solution to a problem that doesn't exist. The Conservative Government's proposal in this week's Queens' Speech for voters to be required to present photo IDs is nothing less than an attack on democracy. Instead of bringing forward real plans to improve social care or properly fund our vital public services, the Tories are spending time tackling a problem that doesn't exist - only one case of vote fraud was detected in the whole of the UK in 2019. What these plans will do is exclude almost a quarter of the electorate - mostly younger, more vulnerable people who do not have photo ID - from participating in democracy. LibDem Parliamentary Spokesperson for Weston-super-Mare and the Villages, Cllr Patrick Keating, said: "I would hope that our MP - who claims to be a defender of liberty and democracy - will oppose this over-the-top solution to a totally non-existent problem, which will only discourage voting by younger people in Weston. If the Government is really serious about bringing back honesty in
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12 May 2021
LibDems call for action on Weston hospital leadership
LibDems on North Somerset Council are calling for an action plan and funding to tackle issues at Weston General Hospital highlighted in the latest report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The report of an inspection of the medical care services department at the hospital on 11 March, which was published on 12 May, praised the focus given by staff on the needs of the patients, but said the hospital's leadership team needs to make a number of sustainable improvements. North Somerset Council's executive member responsible for health and adult's social care, Cllr Mike Bell, said: "We all recognise the enormous pressure our NHS has been under during the Covid-19 pandemic and we are grateful for the huge efforts staff have made to care for us and support the hugely successful vaccine programme. "Weston General Hospital has had significant challenges for many years, particularly around the ability to recruit and retain appropriate staff, but also due to the uncertainty about the future of the hospital
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12 May 2021