I returned this week from a few days in Bournemouth where our Autumn Conference has been taking place. Despite the very disappointing General Election result, there was a very positive atmosphere amongst members. There was the highest ever number of members attending. Since the General Election, membership of the party has grown by over 40% […]

At this week’s meeting of the Town Council’s Planning & Highways Committee, the centrepiece issue was the planning application by Larkfleet for a commercial development between Peterborough Road and the existing Spitfire Park business park. The meeting had been advertised as an opportunity for members of the public to express their views on the proposals […]

Thanks to everyone who signed the petition to keep Market Deeping’s HSBC branch open. On Thursday, Deeping St James Parish Council Vice-Chairman Cllr Andrew Bowell, Deepings Business Club Chairman Andy Pelling, Market Deeping Deputy Mayor Cllr Pauline Redshaw, and myself, met with HSBC to discuss the planned closure. Very much as we had feared, it quickly became […]

This evening the first meeting of the Town Council’s Amenities & Open Spaces Committee was held following last month’s elections. It was a good meeting with several positive developments. We first heard a request to organise a BMX club based around the Town’s Glebe Park track, which was welcomed by all. I agree that we […]

The new members of Market Deeping Town Council gathered for the first meeting on Wednesday last week. As my first meeting as a councillor, it was an interesting experience but after careful preparation and research of the items on the agenda, I felt able to make some relevant and hopefully useful contributions. Thanks were given […]

Local Lib Dem Councillor Adam Brookes has welcomed the election of Tim Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats.   Tim Farron said that under his leadership, the party would oppose the cuts to tax credits and other benefits in the Conservative’s budget and push for greater spending on infrastructure […]

The following letter was published in today’s Stamford Mercury as my response to a letter from UKIP’s Roger Helmer MEP last week. Roger Helmer, Stamford Mercury 26 June, writes about the European Convention on Human Rights and suggests we must withdraw from the EU to “recover control of human rights”. Yet, when the UK state is […]

Following yesterday’s elections, I’m delighted to have gained a seat on Market Deeping Town Council and I’m very much looking forward to working hard for our town. The elections were originally scheduled for May 7 but delayed due to the death of a candidate. Sadly I was not elected to the District Council, coming in fifth […]

Today is polling day here in Market & West Deeping. There are two elections taking place; for the Market & West Deeping ward of South Kesteven District Council and for the Market Deeping Town Council. I am proud to be the Lib Dem candidate in both elections. I’d like to thank all of those I’ve […]

There could be significant improvements on the way for The Deepings Practice in Market Deeping. Whilst researching some queries recently raised by local residents in a discussion online, I’ve found that The Deepings Practice are close to securing an investment of between £0.5m and £1m from NHS England’s Primary Care Infrastructure Fund for 2015/2016. The […]