Certainty needed on public health funding
“The ad-hoc, short-termist way national government announces funding for local services makes it impossible to plan ahead”
Councillor Howard Sykes MBE
Let’s get local government done
There is no doubt this was a tough General Election campaign – no-one likes knocking on doors on cold and dark nights.
It’s all about the money…
With less than two weeks left before we go to the polls (unless you have already voted by post), we must shout from the roof-tops that we need to fund local government and local services properly.
A manifesto for the next General Election
A 93-year-old pensioner got dragged out in the pouring rain to deliver a speech she didn’t write, with policies that won’t be delivered, from a government without the numbers to govern, pushing an agenda that is ill-thought out and badly conceived.
Climate change – more important than Brexit
Brexit, no deal, delays on exiting, extensions, and General Elections will be old news by the time this is printed.
More investment needed in health and care
We will wait to see if the one-off £1.8 billion funding pledge for NHS hospital equipment and upgrades is worth the paper it’s written on.
Building for the future
The Liberal Democrats return to Bournemouth in buoyant mood after a successful local council election campaign.