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Our Plan for a Listening, Caring and Competent West Northants Council
Local Liberal Democrats have today launched their plan for the West Northamptonshire Council elections on Thursday 6th May.
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West Northamptonshire Council maiden budget a missed opportunity
The Conservative leadership of the Shadow West Northamptonshire Council are proposing real increases in Council Tax but delivering few service improvements.
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Daventry Lib Dem Councillors raise plight of the Excluded 3 million
The Liberal Democrats have put forward a motion to Daventry District Council to get the full council on side to lobby both local MP Chris Heaton-Harris and the Chancellor Rishi Sunak, to change…
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One year on and everything but nothing has changed
12 months ago on the 18th July 2019, I won a stunning by-election for the Daventry District Council ward of Brixworth. We worked hard to replace one of our Tory councillors who had been 'missing in…
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West Northamptonshire deserves better than this unelected, anti-democratic Kangaroo Council the Tories have created
Where is the democracy in our local government? Asks the Liberal Democrats following the first meeting of the shadow executive for the new West Northamptonshire Shadow Council as the Tories act…
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Lib Dem Leader writes to Daventry Councillor over '£10,000 for MP's' News Story
There have been many stories doing the rounds regarding an apparent £10,000 grant being given to MP's to help them and their teams work from home during the coronavirus lock down.
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A Threat to Democracy?
With the current COVID-19 crisis unfolding all around us and our eyes all focused on daily news briefings, you would be forgiven for having missed an emerging local story which will affect us all.
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Fruit and vegetable imports during the COVID-19 crisis
Countries like Kenya, Ghana and South Africa are suffering catastrophic losses to the economy and livelihoods. This is due to the grounding of flights to Europe. Fruit and vegetables are being left…
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Conservative Council ‘waters down’ Climate Emergency plan
Local proposals to tackle the Climate Emergency put together by a cross-party group on Daventry District Council have been watered down with over 50 recommendations reduced to just 20.