Shirley Williams 1930 - 2021
On behalf of her family, it is with great sadness that we announce that Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, died peacefully in the early hours of Monday April 12th.
Read moreChells' appearance gets a spruce up thanks to Lib Dem Councillors
Councillor Robin Parker says, "I am pleased to report that the local street scene at The Glebe, Chells Way, has been recently improved by the installation of 3 new banners, to replace, like for like, the three old, tatty, faded, threadbare ones which had been hanging there and were a real eyesore."
Read moreLib Dem Team Focus published
Our latest Focus Newsletter is going out in Stevenage this week, telling people what we are doing for them and their communities, and about our work scutinising the Labour-run Borough Council and Conservative-run County Council and holding them to account.
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MP slammed for backing “dangerous & draconian” Police Bill
The Stevenage Liberal Democrats have called for the bill which takes away our freedoms to be stopped in its tracks.
Read moreA Bad Deal is Better than No Deal for the Conservatives
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey on why the Conservative party's deal is bad for Britain.
Read moreLocal Lib Dems Move Motion to Award Lewis Hamilton
At the December meeting of Stevenage Borough Council the Liberal Democrats put forward a motion to award to the town's most famous son, Lewis Hamilton. The motion was amended by Labour on the grounds that we couldn't give Lewis the award of Freedom of the Borough as originally proposed for constitutional reasons. The amended motion was carried unanimously with support from all members of the Council.
The motion was proposed by Cllr. Stephen Booth for Chells.
The debate can be viewed on YouTube:
Read on for his speech to Council:
Read more"Uninspired" Sustainability Action Plan slammed
The Conservatives' 'uninspired' proposals in the County's newly adopted 'Sustainable Hertfordshire Action Plan' have been slammed by the Liberal Democrats after the Conservatives rejected immediate 10 point action plan
Read moreLib Dems Abstain from Supporting £1.38m Gap in SBC Funding
Liberal Democrat councillors, at the full Stevenage Borough Council meeting on 14 October, abstained from supporting the Council’s plans for £1.38 million more from council taxpayers to plug a funding gap in the Council’s Leisure Services management company, Stevenage Leisure Limited (SLL).
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