
Liberal Democrats now running Gloucester City Council
The Liberal Democrats were appointed to the leadership of the local authority at Monday afternoon’s annual general meeting of the council.
Trevor Howard is the Liberal Democrat candidate for Quedgeley division, which includes the Fieldcourt area, in May's county council elections.
He has lived in Gloucester for over 30 years and has raised his family in the city.
Trevor worked at Barnwood in the nuclear power industry originally for the CEGB, which later became Nuclear Electric and EDF before taking early retirement.
He has been a trustee of Brunswick Baptist Church for 30 years and through the church has helped many people struggling to access financial help and local community services.
He is also a presenter on local community radio station Severn FM and has a lifelong love of rock and blues
music.
If you have any issues you would like Trevor to take up on your behalf you can contact him on trevorhoward@newarkhouse.net
The Liberal Democrats were appointed to the leadership of the local authority at Monday afternoon’s annual general meeting of the council.
They won 17 of the 39 seats the council, with the Conservatives on 11 seats, Labour on seven and the Independents on four.
The Liberal Democrats are promising to improve core services, support the local economy, deliver more affordable housing and make Gloucester carbon neutral by 2030.
Gloucester City Council had made it harder to use the pay by phone option – often favoured by elderly residents who do not want to pay online – for the annual £50 bin charge.
A motion to the extraordinary general meeting of the city council on October 19 calls for Andy Lewis, Conservative cabinet member for culture and leisure, to make a written apology for the failure to agree a deal with Aspire.
Liberal Democrats councillors warning that any further financial shocks during 2023/24 would lead to services being cut to balance the books.