West Northants Liberal Democrats

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.

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 to rot [i] .

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.

Open Letter to Chris Heaton Harris MP

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 politically to promote cronyism over competence.

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 action' for the best part of six months, securing eventually over 50% of the vote and a 33% swing from the Conservatives. We still have another Tory councillor who most locals will tell you is continually missing in action.