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.

Gloucestershire 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.

Boris 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.

A 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.

The consequences of a no-deal Brexit to the Gloucester public have been laid bare, according to the Liberal Democrats.

Government documents reveal there would be major hold-ups at channel ports, significant electricity price increases, shortages of some foods, delays to medicine imports and public disorder.

The Liberal Democrats in Gloucester are ready and waiting for a general election - but only after a no deal Brexit is off the table.

MPs look set to vote again on Monday in Parliament on whether to have a general election before the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union on October 31.

UK opposition parties have agreed not to back Prime Minister Boris Johnson's demand for an election before the EU summit in mid-October.

More than 5,000 households in Gloucester could miss out on free TV licences for the over 75s, new figures have revealed.

Research from the House of Commons Library has estimated that 5,130 households in the city could miss out under the new changes, which are proving controversial.

TV licences for the over 75s have been free since November 2000, with the concession received by around 4.5 million households nationally.

Lib Dem leadership contender Sir Ed Davey has visited Gloucester and joined campaigning in two key council by-elections in the city.

Sir Ed, who is hoping to succeed Sir Vince Cable, joined party activists campaigning in Barnwood and Podsmead.

Voters go to the polls in the two wards on Thursday July 25 following the death of Conservative councillor Lise Noakes, who represented Barnwood, and the resignation of Podsmead Labour councillor Deborah Smith.