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Please join The Hastings & Rye LibDem annual lunch which will take place at the Bannatyne Hotel, Battle Road, Hastings TN38 8EA on Sunday 24th November at 12.30 for a 13.00 sit down meal.
Stephen Lloyd, the former LibDem MP for Eastbourne has kindly agreed to be our guest speaker. Stephen was the MP for Eastbourne from 2010 to 2015 and 2017 to 2019. His front bench roles included Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Northern Ireland, the DWP and in the coalition government, as PPS to the Environment Secretary.
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The cost excluding drinks will be £37.50 per head or £40 if booked after 31st October
Our previous lunches have been a great success, and we hope you will join us and that you will invite family and friends to enjoy good food and good company.
There will be a raffle and if we have enough numbers we will hold an auction as well.
To book tickets please email Bob Lloyd and send payment direct to;
Speaking following the reporting by the Eastbourne Herald of the departure of Kim Hodgson, Chief Executive of the East Sussex Hospitals Trust, Nick Perry, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hastings & Rye said:
Nick Perry, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hastings & Rye, has refused to attend the Federation of Small Businesses debate scheduled for 25 March following the news that, after initially sitting on the fence, Labour MP Michael Foster is set to cancel.
Nick Perry, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hastings & Rye, has criticized bus provider Stagecoach after its decision to change the route of the Hastings No. 23 bus, leaving many families living of Harley Shute Road, St Leonard's without a regular service to the Conquest Hospital and to Tesco's.
Lib Dem campaigner for Gensing Ward, Chris Benner, has written to Conservative County Councillor Matthew Lock demanding that he explains why there has been such chaos over the roadworks on Bohemia Road. To date he has not responded.
Nick Perry, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hastings & Rye, has taken his campaign for fairer parking charges at the Conquest Hospital online.
Baroness Scott of Needham Market, who has been President of the Liberal Democrat Party since January 2009, was the guest speaker at the party's constituency dinner at the Royal Victoria Hotel in St Leonards on Friday night.
East Sussex County Council led by the Conservatives is poised to make £55 million worth of cuts which will hit the most vulnerable residents.
East Sussex County Council led by the Conservatives is poised to make £55 million worth of cuts which will hit the most vulnerable residents. Further cuts are expected later in the year as the budget process continues. Cllr David Tutt, Leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition group explains:
“The legacy of the last 14 years of Conservative government is a public sector that has been starved of funds. Locally, the Conservatives had said that they would maintain a core offer of statutory services but these budget proposals for 2025/2026 show that they can’t even do that.
The situation for our most vulnerable residents is frankly appalling and as a group of Liberal Democrat councillors, we will do all we can to oppose these cuts. We will look at every aspect of the budget to try to find alternatives.
The last hope for local government is a rescue package from the Labour government and we are calling on them to provide at least some temporary funding to enable us to protect older people, children with special educational needs and those in need of preventative care.
This is now an opportunity for the Labour government to show that they are different to Conservatives who continually put self-interest and profit before caring for communities and public service.”
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Contact: Cllr David Tutt
01323 643971 Email: cllr.david.tutt@eastsussex.gov.uk
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For too long, years of neglect and mismanagement by the previous Conservative Government have pushed our prison system into a deep crisis.
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