Tax Bombshell Hits North West Essex Pensioners
16000 pensioners in the former Saffron Walden (now named North West Essex) constituency are to be hit by £1,000 stealth tax bombshell following the Budget. Its a new £16 million stealth tax!
10 Mar 2024
Uttlesford Liberal Democrats
Uttlesford Libdems
Uttlesford liberal Democrats are responsible for presenting candidates for all elections in the area broadly corresponding to that controlled by Uttlesford District Council. This includes Essex County Council elective areas like Thaxted and Great Dunmow, elections to Uttlesford District Council and the Parliamentary Constituency of North West Essex
On Thursday 30 October 2025 Leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Bandenoch MP voted to take the United Kingdom out of the European Convention of Human Rights.
Fortunately she was in a minority.
The ECHR was created by Sir Winston Churchill and other European leaders in 1950, after World War Two, to ensure a minimum standard of human rights of all people in Europe and to protect them from harmful authoritarian regimes. Key rights protected by the Convention are the right to life, freedom from torture, right to a fair trial and freedom of expression.
- Why does Mrs Badenoch want to reduce your human rights?
- Which rights do Mrs Badenoch and Mr Farage want to dispense with?
- Would you trust those persons with your human rights?
In the Commons vote, MPs defeated Nigel Farage's motion to withdraw the UK from the ECHR by 154 votes to 96. Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey led the opposition, while the Labour frontbench abstained. Many Conservatives, including the North West Essex MP, backed Farage's motion.
So we see a little more of who Kemi Badenoch really is...
"Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into Trump's America. We won't let him." - Ed Davey, Autumn Conference
Local GP funding slashed in West Essex
Funding for GP practices in West Essex has been slashed by £8 per patient in real terms since 2019 research commissioned by local Liberal Democrats has revealed.
18 Feb 2024
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Liberal Democrats Select Candidates for Hillingdon
Hillingdon Liberal Democrats have appointed Jonathan Banks as our candidate for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, Ian Rex-Hawkes as our candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, and Alex Cunliffe as our candidate for Hayes and Harlington.
24 May 2024
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Lib Dems commit to scrapping business rates to boost high streets
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey has called for business rates to be scrapped to boost high streets. The Lib Dem policy would aim to tackle one of the key challenges facing businesses and shops, revitalising town centres.
11 Apr 2024
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Ed Davey's speech to Spring Conference
Liberal Democrat Leader rallies his party ahead of this year's General Election.
LD
17 Mar 2024
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Sport for the People
The Government is missing an open goal by failing to protect more of the treasured sporting events which bring people together. Liberal Democrats will give sport back to the people.
TF
16 Mar 2024
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It's time to ban conversion therapy for good
Tomorrow, my bill to ban conversion therapy will be debated in the House of Lords.
LB
8 Feb 2024
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Sunak Slammed As Quarter of Pharmacy Budgets Cut Since 2015
The Liberal Democrats have slammed the Conservatives for failing pharmacies as reports show hundreds of millions of pounds worth of cuts since 2015.
LD
2 Feb 2024
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