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Lib Dems challenge city council to face-up to climate emergency

The Lib Dems are calling on Gloucester City Council to adopt an ambitious carbon emissions reduction plan. Councillor Jeremy Hilton, leader of the Lib Dem group, has proposed a motion for the next meeting of the city council and is demanding that the city declares a climate emergency. The motion, which will be debated by councillors on July 11, calls on the Tory-run city council to immediately carry out a carbon audit of the authority's corporate emissions and commit to zero carbon emissions by 2030. The motion also demands that Gloucester should become a carbon neutral city no later than 2045. Councillor Hilton said: "Scientists have been warning us for decades that climate change is the greatest global threat we face. "The continuing emission of greenhouse gases and global warming overshadows every other political issue. "Local authorities are well-placed to tackle climate change and here in Gloucester it is about time the city council started to be more ambitious in its approach. "We need to do all we can

3 Jun 2019
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Paul Hodgkinson, leader of Gloucestershire Lib Dems, and MEP Julie Girling

MEP urges Remain supporters to vote for the Lib Dems in Euro elections

A South West of England MEP who left the Conservative Party over Brexit is calling on Remain voters to back the Liberal Democrats in the European elections. Julie Girling, who has served the region in the European Parliament for the last 10 years, said the Liberal Democrats were the strongest Remain party in the South West. Even though sitting Green MEP Molly Scott-Cato opposes Brexit, Ms Girling said it the Liberal Democrats who has the best chance of winning a seat in the elections on May 23. "The Liberal Democrats scored a huge success in last week's local elections, gaining more than 160 seats across the South West," Ms Girling, pictured left with Gloucestershire Lib Dem leader Paul Hodgkinson, said. "I have respect for Molly Scott-Cato and wish her well, but the facts are that the Lib Dems have always been a strongly pro-European party and are clearly the strongest Remain party here. "Across the South West the Liberal Democrats have just elected more than six times the number of councillors in the local

10 May 2019
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Lib Dem logo bird projected on blockwork

Lib Dems to march for a People's Vote

This Saturday hundreds of people from Gloucestershire are expected to join the hundreds of thousands from across the country that are descending on Parliament Square to demand a People's Vote.

20 Mar 2019
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Jeremy Hilton at the Wellington Parade garden

Council 'red tape' delaying work to improve Wellington Parade garden

Ground work to improve Wellington Parade Garden on London Road has been delayed. The city council had planned to start construction this month and follow on with the planting of shrubs and plants in April. But Lib Dem councillors Jeremy Hilton and Isabel Brazil have been told that tenders haven't even been issued for the work. Tenders have been delayed by the city council's legal services team. Currently, the garden is closed because it has become a location of problem street drinking. Adults have been drinking alcohol to excess, fighting and arguing between themselves, and using local residents' front gardens as a toilet. The new garden layout has been designed to be more attractive and to discourage street drinking. Councillor Hilton, who represents Kingsholm & Wotton, said: "The delay in construction of the new garden is disappointing, but this is becoming normal with projects run by Gloucester City Council. "With so many jobs lost under the Tories' austerity plan, there are not enough staff to pr

12 Mar 2019
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