Ann Haigh, Liberal Democrat Candidate for Barking, Announces She will Fight for the Children's Coalition Priorities if Elected
Ann Haigh, the Liberal Democrat's candidate for Barking, attended a meeting where The Children’s Coalition presented its Election Priorities.
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Lib Dems Plan to Double Spending on Youth Services in Newham to £3.9m
The Liberal Democrats have announced they would more than double spending on youth services in Newham to £3.9 million, to help tackle rising levels of knife crime. This would form part of a total ring-fenced fund of £500 million for Local Authorities across England to spend on youth services, providing young people with positive, safe and healthy alternatives to gangs.
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Press Release: Liberal Democrats Announce their Election Candidates for Barking & Dagenham
The Liberal Democrats have announced their Prospective Parliamentary Candidates to contest seats in Barking and Dagenham for the next general election: Ann Haigh will be the Liberal Democrat candidate for Barking and Sam Fisk will be the Liberal Democrat candidate for Dagenham and Rainham.
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Press Release: Liberal Democrats Announce their Election Candidates for Newham
The Liberal Democrats have announced their prospective Parliamentary Candidates to contest seats in Newham at the next general election: Michael Fox will be the Liberal Democrat candidate for East Ham and Eimear O’Casey will be the Liberal Democrat candidate for West Ham
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East London Lib Dems March with Siobhan Benita for a People's Vote and to Stop Brexit
On Saturday 19th October, Lib Dems marched in their tens of thousands through London demanding the people are given a final say on Brexit - and an option to remain in the EU. And your local East London party and candidates were there in support.
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London Conference - Brexit, Affordable Housing, Preventing Knife Crime and Saving the Environment High on the Agenda
At the London Region AGM and Conference in Camden last Saturday there was standing room only! Inspiring Liberal Democrat speakers included Siobhan Benita, Caroline Pidgeon, Lousie Porritt, Tom Brake, Luciana Berger and Ed Davey. We asked our City and East London GLA Candidate, Richard Flowers for his conference highlights.
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September Update from your GLA Candidate, Richard Flowers
Meet Richard Flowers, our City and East London Candidate for the 2020 GLA Elections. We've asked Richard for an insight into his busy life campaigning for the Liberal Democrats locally, in London and nationally.
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Newham People's Vote Petition
Newham Liberal Democrats are calling on our local council to demand a People's Vote on behalf of all of us in the borough. Newham can't afford Brexit and we need our Labour mayor and council to show leadership and stand up for the people of Newham.
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Intervene Early to Stop Knife Crime - Lib Dem Mayoral Candidates and Caroline Pidgeon Write In Evening Standard
In a letter in the Evening Standard leading Lib Dems have called for early intervention to tackle knife crime, drawing on the example of Scotland. The letter is signed by Caroline Pidgeon (Lib Dem GLA Member) and four Lib Dem Mayoral candidates: Pauline Pearce (Hackney), Chris Maines (Lewisham), Gareth Evans (Newham) and Elaine Bagshaw (Tower Hamlets).
There has been a sharp increase in people killed by knives between 2016 and 2017 in London. But this is not just a ‘seasonal blip’. The figures have been increasing for four years and are now worse than New York.
And now the figures for 2018 are truly horrific. We are only just into the fourth month of the year and London has already seen its 47th murder.
We need to immediately learn from Scotland which has been successful in curbing knife crime affecting young people. Real investment tackling this as a public health crisis.
Early intervention in all London schools is vital to deter the carrying and use of knives.
Every Accident and Emergency Department must have a youth worker to support victims of knife attacks to help them at this teachable moment. We also need to ensure young victims of knife crime don’t go out and create further victims.
We need a strategy that embraces more than the police working in isolation, there are other agencies and policies needed to reduce knife crime. This must be the top priority for the Mayor and the Police.
Grenfell Tower disaster - Could this happen in Newham?
Newham, Barking & Dagenham LibDems wish to express our deepest condolences and sympathies to the family and friends of those who died or were effected by the terrible fire at the Grenfell Tower in Kensington on Monday night. We also wish to thank the emergency services and the thousands of volunteers who worked with courage and dedication due this terrible disaster.
We also need to know if this can happen here in Newham. Many residents are worried about whether their homes are safe and we believe that Newham Council's statement is not detailed enough to give confidence that this is the case.
We have written an open letter to the Mayor of Newham asking for more details on the Housing situation in Newham and asked for an open and honest response to our genuine fears.
