4 Feb 2017
Local News
County Council candidates asked to back campaign to make councils stop investing in fossil fuels.
All County Council candidates have received a letter from the Energy Democracy Project (EDP) asking them to support the campaign to get their local authorities to stop investing in fossil fuels.
9 Jan 2017
Buckingham Constituency Party marks end of biggest year of membership growth
The deeper we go into December, the more likely people are to have social events that drive out politics. And in such a year as this, it is understandable that people want to lighten up. And there was the rival attraction of the Aylesbury party's social evening in a pub just down the road. That said, it was very good to see new members turn up to our monthly executive meeting last night and find out about the more formal work we do behind the scenes. The business included preparations for the county council elections in 2017, and we discussed our strategy. If we are to achieve the kind of liberal society we aspire to, it has to begin with winning seats on local councils, as a route to influencing decision making at local and national level. There were councillors' reports, a report on the growth in our membership - which is now the highest in the local party's history - and fixing a date for our next meeting, which is Tuesday, 10 January. (All members are welcome to attend.) One item
14 Dec 2016
DF
28 Nov 2016
East West Rail to become "first big privately funded railway project since Victorian times"?
This in The Times, Monday Nov 28th. This part is freely accessible online, the rest of the article is behind the paywall.
28 Nov 2016
Chancellor's £100 m support for East West Rail project welcomed
We applaud Chancellor Philip Hammond's support for the East West Rail project which he announced in today's Autumn Statement.
23 Nov 2016