Rushcliffe Liberal Democrats

Serving on a committee is one of many great ways you can support the Party, and we are always keen to encourage new talent. The Party website has lots of information in the internal-elections hub.

We have upcoming Federal elections for:

• The Federal President
• The Federal Vice President responsible for working with ethnic minority Communities
• 3 members of the Federal Board (note the reforms to the structure of the Board summarised here)
• 21 members of Federal Council
• 15 members of Federal Policy Committee
• 12 members of Federal Conference Committee
• 6 members of the Federal International relations Committee
• 10 Delegates to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

With our Brighton conference approaching (agenda and registration here), I've recently written the latest report back to conference on the Board's work. Here is a slightly expanded and updated version of that report.

The next general election

With a new Conservative Party leader nearly upon us, the range of plausible dates for the general election is wide open. As it now may well be much sooner than seemed likely at the time of our last conference, the Federal Board has been reviewing our general election plans.

In a shocking investigation of dentistry services across the UK, new analysis by the BBC has found that 96 % of dentistry practices in Nottinghamshire are not accepting any new NHS patients.

Rushcliffe Liberal Democrats' spokesperson, Jason Billin, has demanded a Health Minister comes to visit dentistry practices in Nottinghamshire to see for themselves how dire the situation is.

We need bold and urgent action to help families pay their bills and heat their homes this winter. There is no other choice.

Families and pensioners across the country are in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis. We have already seen energy bills rise by £700 this year. They simply cannot afford another, even bigger rise of £1,400 in October.

General Election preparedness

As is our key focus, in our last meeting we continued to discuss our General Election preparedness and planning.

In summary, our plan builds on what worked in the 2019 general election (and previous plans), changes what didn't work, and looks to the future for new ideas and approaches.

Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper makes a good point.

"Every one of the remaining Conservative leadership candidates served in Boris Johnson's Government. They are all complicit in propping him up while families suffered.

"Every day this soap opera drags on, families and businesses can see that the Conservative Party has no answers to the issues they are facing.