Council leader fears for future of city council under unitary authority plan
Councillor Jeremy Hilton, leader of Gloucester City Council, said key housing and regeneration schemes were progressing in the city and needed time to be completed.
Councillor Liam Harries and Trevor Howard are part of the Liberal Democrat team in Quedgeley Severn Vale.
Liam is a city councillor and Quedgeley Town Council councillor and has lived in the area his whole life. He went to Severn Vale School and now after graduating from university works in the IT industry.
He was first elected in May 2024.
Trevor has lived in Gloucester for over 30 years and has raised his family in the city.
He 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 the team to take up on your behalf you can contact Liam on liam4quedgeley@gmail.com and Trevor on trevorhoward@newarkhouse.net
Councillor Jeremy Hilton, leader of Gloucester City Council, said key housing and regeneration schemes were progressing in the city and needed time to be completed.
In just a few weeks, the Lib Dems have revealed the list of the 10 worst failures of the former Conservative administration.
In Gloucester, Councillor Rebecca Trimnell increased our vote share by 2.7% compared with 2019 – polling 10.4%.
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.