Podsmead
Councillor Sebastian Field represents Podsmead Ward on Gloucester City Council and was first elected in a by-election in July 2019.
Sebastian is a former Mayor of Gloucester and previously served as a city councillor in Kingsholm Ward for nine years.
He has a strong record standing up for Podsmead on the city council. He has spoken up and asked questions of the Conservative administration, and fought for a fair deal for our area.
He has challenged the Conservative-run Highways department at Shire Hall over the poor state of Podsmead's roads and pavements.
You can contact Sebastian on 07708 345 857 or sebastian.field@gloucester.gov.uk
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Article: May 25, 2020The Liberal Democrats have launched a plan to help Gloucester recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.
The six-point plan covers economic recovery, housing, supporting communities, the environment, culture and rebuilding council services.
The Liberal Democrats will be urging the city council to introduce this plan as soon as possible.
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Article: May 25, 2020Liberal Democrat city councillor for Podsmead Sebastian Field is working to resolve some highways issues in his ward.
The road surface on Scott Avenue has been repeatedly marked with potholes. Sebastian has reported them to Gloucestershire Highways and some have been filled, only for new ones to appear.
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Article: Feb 25, 2020
On Thursday, at the budget setting meeting, Liberal Democrats on Gloucester City Council will propose a suite of six budget amendments to the value of £356,000. There will be no additional cost to the taxpayer.
The six projects being proposed will help support communities in Gloucester and improve the city's cultural offer.
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Article: Feb 10, 2020A Liberal Democrat councillor has welcomed the improvements due to take place in a part of Gloucester.Work is due to begin at the open space at Milton Avenue in Podsmead following the award of a share of a Euroean Structural Investment Fund grant.A total of £1.4 million will be spent on 13 sites across Gloucestershire, including Milton Avenue, to enhance biodiversity and encourage wildlife. -
Article: Feb 3, 2020A Liberal Democrat city councillor is delighted that the literacy project he has been shepherding has got off the ground in the last couple of weeks.
Councillor Sebastian Field, who represents Podsmead Ward, has been working with Linda Cohen of Lilypad PR and staff at the Crypt School to organise the project.
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Article: Jan 26, 2020Councillors are demanding that the former leader of Gloucester City Council apologise for the Marketing Gloucester debacle.The Liberal Democrats have tabled a motion to the city council calling on Councillor Paul James to apologise after the arms length organisation was bailed out to the tune of £240,000. -
Article: Jan 2, 2020Changes introduced to household recycling just two weeks before Christmas has caused disruption across Gloucester.
There have been reports of missed collections and recycling left strewn all over the place by the city council's waste contractor Amey.
If recycling has not been sorted properly following the introduction of the new rules then it is not being collected at all.
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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.