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Latest News
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Article: Dec 18, 2019Parliamentary candidate Dr Rebecca Trimnell almost doubled the Lib Dem vote in the General Election on December 12.Rebecca polled 4,338 votes - a 3% rise on Councillor Jeremy Hilton's result two years ago.Conservative MP Richard Graham increased his majority to over 10,000.Labour's vote in the city collapsed - dropping 5% in just two years - and the Green Party candidate lost their deposit. -
Article: Oct 29, 2019
Rebecca Trimnell's campaign to be Gloucester's next MP is off to a flying start as Britain heads for a winter general election.
On Tuesday MPs backed a bill for a general election to be held on December 12 and could be become law by the end of the week if approved by the House of Lords.
Gloucester Liberal Democrats are already fighting hard to win and want to stop Brexit as it has become a national embarrassment.
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Article: Oct 9, 2019Gloucestershire Police is to get an additional 46 police officers under plans by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to put 20,000 new officers on the streets of the UK.
In the first wave of the roll-out, the Home Office will provide £750 million to support the 43 forces to recruit up to 6,000 new officers by the end of 2020-21.
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Article: Sep 24, 2019Boris Johnson should resign as Prime Minister after the UK's highest court ruled his decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, according to Dr Rebecca Trimnell.
The Prime Minister advised The Queen to prorogue Parliament for five weeks earlier this month in order to bring forward a Queen's Speech in October outlining a raft of new policies.
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Article: Sep 23, 2019A newly-elected councillor in Gloucester has hailed security improvements in his ward which have been carried out at his request.
Councillor Sebastian Field, who won the recent by-election in Podsmead for the Liberal Democrats, has had a range of improvements carried out to the Carmel Webb memorial garden on Scott Avenue.