We are the local party flying the Liberal Democrat banner in the Cotswold Parliamentary constituency. In our membership we have three county councillors, ten district councillors (five in Cotswold district and five in Stroud district) and several parish and town councillors working for you all year round.
Our parliamentary candidate is Roger Brown, who is also a county councillor for Cirencester. We are the main opposition to the Conservatives in Parliamentary elections here and have been for the past 35 years.
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate and Cirencester County Councillor Roger Brown is leading the campaign to recycle plastics on the doorstep in the Cotswolds.
Liberal Democrats have said today they believe local concerns about threats to GP services in the Cotswolds are unfounded at this stage. Fears have followed the government's directive requiring each Primary Care Trust in the country to set up a GP-led health centre, branded a "polyclinic".
Congratulations to Mike Collins, the Liberal Democrat candidate, who scored a great victory over the Conservatives in a County Council by-election in our neighbouring Gloucestershire constituency. The poll was in Brockworth, which is part of the Tewkesbury parliamentary constituency.
A Liberal Democrat Councillor has recorded a three minute internet video to open up a serious debate over CDC's new waste service. Cllr Paul Hodgkinson (Churn Valley), Shadow Environment Spokesman on CDC, has posted the video on 'You Tube', the internet site famous for letting people share items for others to watch and comment on (see Home Page, top right).
Conservatives at Shire Hall say they imposed a Council Tax rise of 3.6%. How come that your bill says 4.9%? CDC say that they kept theirs down by putting up charges. But, charge or tax, you still pay!
We hope you will be able to find time to complete our Community Survey (see menu above). This will help us to set priorities for the residents of the Cotswolds for the next year.
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