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• Revised Local Constitution

  Article: Nov 3, 2020

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  Some technical rather than substantive changes to the current local party constitution (see link here) are proposed just to ensure consistency with the 'Model Local Party Constitution', attached to the LibDem Constitution for England, as is required. The main change is for Article 7.2 (b) to be amended to include a reference for an independent report to be provided when the accounts for the previous year are submitted for approval by the AGM and then to delete Article 10.5 which provides for the annual accounts to be approved separately at a General Meeting to be held early each year
• Rother Report for 2020

  Article: Oct 31, 2020

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  This has been a year like no other for the Liberal Democrats jointly running Rother District Council.

  The year started slowly with the Rother Alliance administration trying to put its stamp on the way the Council is run and administered through launching a Transformation programme. Following a tranche of voluntary redundancies amongst staff, the two Executive Directors also come up with a senior restructure plan which meant the redundancy of one of those posts.
• HASTINGS AND RYE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS CHAIRPERSONS REPORT 2020

  Article: Oct 31, 2020

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  Welcome to my first annual report as chairperson, and what a strange year it's been.

  We started the year dusting ourselves down from a national defeat in the General Election. I'm pleased to note that locally we fought one of our strongest campaigns of recent years; doubling our vote for Nick Perry with the help of some generous donations and a lot of leg work from our volunteers across the constituency. We had a highly successful leafleting campaign in the outlying villages, as well as in Hastings and Rye.
• MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY REPORT 2020

  Article: Oct 31, 2020

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  Hello Everyone.

  Understandably, 2020 has been a difficult year for maintaining momentum in social contact.

  By contrast, last year was a success with a Safari Dinner, an Open Garden event as well as a dinner with Stephen Lloyd. Of course, the last AGM was followed by lunch at the Royal Victoria Hotel with guest speaker Baroness Olly Grender.

  Member numbers have fluctuated with significant gains following the 2019 May local council election successes and again following the European election. A new leader, our unambiguous pro-European stance all contrasted with Labour's position and attracted local Labour supporters to us.

  Since the December 2019 general election membership numbers have declined as gains from Labour returned to the fold with Keir Starmer's election to Party Leader. This is in line with a decline in membership numbers nationally.

  Encouragingly, supporter numbers have been stable.

  I would like to thank Katy Hunter-Burbridge (who can't be with us tonight) for her hard work in sharing the membership development officer duties and being the human interface with members.

  We look forward to better times in 2021 with everyone being free to get out and about, keeping more in touch with our members and supporters and seeking out some new ones.

  Best wishes,

  Emlyn Jones

  Membership
• ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 27th November 2020 via Zoom

  Article: Oct 30, 2020

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  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

  7.30pm on Friday 27th November 2020 via Zoom Video Conferencing

  AGENDA

  Both Members and Supporters are very welcome to attend the AGM but only members will be able to participate in formal discussions or to vote.

  1. Apologies for Absence

  2. Minutes of Previous Annual General Meeting (see here) held on 3^rd November 2019.
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  Take Part in the Air Pollution Survey

  Article: Oct 19, 2020

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  AIR POLLUTION SURVEY

  As a local GP before his retirement, Emlyn Jones (pictured here) is well aware of the number of people with respiratory illnesses in the area. Local councils have a duty to monitor air pollution, but their ability to do so has been severely restricted by Tory spending cuts, which have particularly hit local authorities. Together with his colleagues Susan Stoodley and Stewart Rayment, Emlyn thought it would be good to try to get an idea of how people see airborne pollutants in your locality as potentially affecting their health and wellbeing.

  It is known that gases such as nitrogen and sulphur oxides and particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5 size) from traffic exhaust, dust, smoke can aggravate existing heart chest and brain disease. They can also be factors in producing these conditions, as well as impacting mental health from road noise for example. Statistics for these conditions are raised locally.

  We are focusing on Battle Road, Bohemia Road, London Road and Sedlescombe Road, north & south, around the major junctions, and their immediate area. We are concerned that there are the Christ Church & Silverdale Primary Schools in the area.

  Click on the Picture Link below to complete the Air Pollution Survey
  
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  Newsletter of Hastings & Rye Liberal Democrats: 2020 No.2

  Article: Jul 6, 2020

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  Recovering from Covid-19

  'E-Petition: Join in improving Hastings recovery from the Lock-down'

  "Please sign the e-petition on the Hastings Borough Council website on the organisation of the recovery from Covid-19. The Council is asked to create an open Working Party comprising people across departments, organisations and interest groups. The idea is to provide focus and energy to ensure the best policy for the economic and social recovery of the Borough from the Covid-19 lock-down. It will be useful to consider all options, learn from what others are doing to develop policy to improve conditions in the town and enhance resilience in the future."
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  Need Help! Self-isolating?

  Article: May 15, 2020

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  Request for assistance

  We will use the information on this form to work with other organisations to help you, or the person you are completing this form on behalf of, with the support you need.

  Hastings Borough Council or another relevant organisation will make contact with you directly. Please provide both an email address, if you have one, and a contact number.

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  https://my.hastings.gov.uk/AchieveForms/?mode=fill&consentMessage=yes&form_uri=sandbox-publish://AF-Process-72ad9993-179b-43b9-842f-d81618bbfbc4/AF-Stage-3db4b737-18a4-486f-935c-478e64f58743/definition.json&process=1&process_uri=sandbox-processes://AF-Process-72ad9993-179b-43b9-842f-d81618bbfbc4&process_id=AF-Process-72ad9993-179b-43b9-842f-d81618bbfbc4
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  Newsletter of Hastings & Rye Liberal Democrats: 2020 No.1

  Article: Feb 16, 2020

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  By Hastings & Rye Liberal Democrats

  Click on the link to see your latest newsletter form Hastings & Rye Liberal Democrats. The headlines are:

  THANK YOU FROM NICK PERRY

  BOB'S BANTER - message from Bob Lloyd, chair Hastings & Rye Liberal Democrats

  MAY ELECTIONS - Will You Stand?

  ROTHER BRANCH MEETINGS

  ELECTIONS PAST AND FUTURE

  ROTHER DISTRICT COUNCILLORS' REPORT

  LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS

  SOCIAL EVENTS
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  Figures reveal exodus of EU NHS staff in East Sussex

  Article: Dec 2, 2019

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  By Liberal Democrats

  Brexit is making the staffing crisis at East Sussex Healthcare Trust even worse, the Liberal Democrats have warned.
  
  Figures published by the Liberal Democrats reveal that 84 EU staff working at East Sussex Healthcare Trust have already left the health service this year, including 27 nurses and midwives.
  
  In the three years since the Brexit vote, 460 NHS staff from the EU have left the local trust.

  
  
  Staff departures from East Sussex Healthcare Trust are part of a worrying national trend: over 3,250 NHS staff from the EU have left the health service so far this year, including 1,116 nurses. The data, based on responses to Freedom of Information requests across 50 NHS hospital trusts, reveals that:

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