Councillor Caroline Courtney and Joshua Hanley are part of the Liberal Democrat team for Tuffley.
Caroline, who lives on Stroud Road near to St Barnabas Church, was first elected to the city council in May 2021. She is the cabinet member for culture and leisure.
Joshua Hanley grew up in Tuffley, went to local schools and is now raising his family here.
He is a sports coach and has helped run local football teams.
If you have any issues you would like Caroline or Joshua to take up on your behalf you can get in touch with them by email at tuffleyliberaldemocrats@gmail.com
You can also follow Caroline on Facebook at fb.me/Caroline4Tuffley/
Cllr Mike Heap made a promise to residents in Pritchett, Crawford, and Hill Avenues to get new street lights installed. This promise has been kept and the new street lamps have been erected and are awaiting wiring.
In response to demand from residents, including requests at the annual town meeting, Epping Town Council has scheduled two farmers markets in Epping High Street. The first one was held on Friday 16th September, with the next one scheduled for Friday 21st October. If the markets are successful they could become a regular feature.
After the first round of voting Ken Clarke has been eliminated from the Conservatives Leadership contest. Despite being the most popular Conservative politician in the country, Ken came fourth in the contest to choose a new Conservative Leader. The leadership election seems to be a regular occurrence for the Conservative Party with one in 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003!
At today's County Council meeting, Surrey's Liberal Democrats urged the Council to amend its draft waste plan prior to public consultation. This is because it prioritises incineration over other technologies and identifies a preferred site for thermal treatment instead of treating all identified sites on an equal basis. Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson Cllr Sarah Di Caprio highlighted the flaws in the document "The Surrey Waste Plan - The Preferred Plan 2005", which the Conservative-run Executive voted last month to send out for a six-week public consultation starting October 31st.
Local Liberal Democrats met widespread support for their opposition to ID cards and the national identity database, in a town centre petition harvesting campaign. Many signed petitions against an extravagant scheme which, according to Parliamentary Spokesman Stephen Robinson, "will cost citizens £100s and do nothing to cut crime, terrorism or illegal immigration."
A report in todays Independent claims that Energy minister Malcolm Wicks will tell the British Wind Energy Association conference in Cardiff today that he has given the go-ahead for a large wind farm at a controversial site at Romney Marsh, Kent.
