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Latest press releases from the LGA Lib Dem Group.

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April 2021: Extra funding to fight climate change

Template release for England only.

April 2021: A year in the life of an LGA board member

Councillor Adele Morris on the roles and responsibilities of an LGA board member.

April 2021: Fire Safety Bill: Govt has turned their back on leaseholders in “national scandal”

"The devastating consequences of this Bill passing cannot be overstated. Millions of leaseholders, who are already facing financial ruin through no fault of their own, are now landed with the prospect of even more extortionate bills starting to arrive – perhaps within a matter of days."

April 2021: Leadership in climate change

In 2012, in response to a Government question, a group of experts described how local authorities can show leadership in tackling climate change, writes Giles Archibald, leader of South Lakeland District Council.

April 2021: Liberal Democrats launch their May election campaign

Please see a template release announcing the Party's election launch. There are two different templates, one is for Conservative facing areas, the other is for Labour facing.

April 2021: Motion 6D - Unpaid Carers

This motion on unpaid carers was passed at Sutton's Full Council meeting on 26 April 2021. It follows on from the motion passed at Spring Conference.

June 2021: South Lakeland Good Practice - and challenges

Dyan Jones, Portfolio holder for Climate Action and Bio-diversity at South Lakeland District Council, writes about the council's green accomplishments.

March 2021: Crushing democracy through state control

Councillor Eileen Wragg, Liberal Democrat Group Leader on East Devon District Council, writes about the need for local control of planning policies

March 2021: Energy Company Obligation

Please find a draft letter put together on the Energy Company Obligation by the parliamentary Lib Dems.

March 2021: Gloucestershire Lib Dems slam fire service merger plan

Commenting on the news that Fire services may be brought under control of elected police commissioners, Liberal Democrat Councillor Jeremy Hilton, a former county council cabinet member for community services, which included the fire service, said: “This is the craziest idea that has come out of the Government in a long line of recent crazy ideas.

March 2021: Letter on end of virtual meetings

Liberal Democrats SLAM Government's decision to end remote meetings for local government.

March 2021: Letter to the Secretary of State on Pupil Premium funding

Daisy Cooper MP expresses serious concern about the decision the Government has taken to change the basis for Pupil Premium funding for the financial year starting on 1 April 2021 - funding which, as you know, is designed to deliver extra support to disadvantaged pupils.

March 2021: Lib Dems fight to stop Government gutting fuel poverty scheme

Seventy-one Liberal Democrats MPs, Peers and Council Group Leaders have written to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to oppose the Government's plans to gut a critical scheme allowing energy inefficient homes to access grants

March 2021: Liberal Democrat leaders criticise unrealistic government housing targets

Liberal Democrat leaders from Watford and Three Rivers are calling on the government to review the way that housing targets are set. The call comes after the results of the Housing Delivery Test were revealed to show that Watford and Three Rivers delivered just 48% and 54 per cent of their housing targets for the years 2017 – 2020 respectively.

March 2021: Motion from Hull Lib Dems on helping the most vulnerable

Council notes that the most vulnerable in Hull have taken the biggest hit in the pandemic and inequality is rife.

March 2021: Send the Lib Dems your views on A Federal England

The group was charged with developing policy on powers for the level between local government and the Federal government, taking into account the

March 2021: Supporting carers in Lib Dem led York

"Recognising the difficulties facing unpaid carers, at the end of 2019 we launched a new five-year strategy for supporting unpaid carers in York, with the overall vision to create a carer friendly city."

March 2021: Template release and letter calling out your Conservative MP for backing the police bill

The right to peaceful assembly and protest is a fundamental human right and has always been a crucial part of our democratic society.

March 2021: Why Lib Dem MPs decided not to vote for an extension of parts of the Coronavirus Act

Briefing from Liberal Democrat MPs on why they decided not to vote for an extension of parts of the Coronavirus Act.

May 2021 Put cabbies in driving seat to net zero future with £1 billion fund

Liberal Democrats have set out their vision to clean up Britain’s air by calling for a £1 billion fund for taxi drivers to switch to electric vehicles, as part of their proposals for Clean Air Zones across Britain.

May 2021: Draft Track and Trace response

To use, if asked

May 2021: Template press release: Tories to cut £[AMOUNT] from Pupil Premium in [AREA]

This template release is for England only. This follows a Freedom of Information Request carried out by schools week that revealed a Pupil Premium funding change. The column on the left is the number of extra eligible pupils who would be available for Pupil Premium and the column on the right is the value of that change in monetary value.

Template release for Carers Week

Carers Week runs from Monday 7 until Sunday 13 June 2021 and its theme is to Make Caring Visible and Valued.

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