East Suffolk Liberal Democrats

LIB DEMS retain second place with 40% of the vote in the WENHASTON & WESTLETON BY-election

ANDREW TURNER misses out by 91

Congratulations to Andrew Turner and his team of supporters for achieving a fine result in what was a very short election campaign conveniently timed to take place during the Lib Dem Party Conference at Brighton.

DAVID BEAVAN SPEAKS TO LIB DEM BRIGHTON CONFERENCE & VOTES AGAINST THE ST FELIX SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLANS

It was a busy week for new Lib Dem Councillor David Beavan. On Monday he summated an amendment to the Party's debate at the Brighton Conference on Affordable Homes and raised the issue for which he has campaigned long and hard -the closure of the tax loophole on second homes. On Tuesday he was back in the Waveney Council Chamber to speak up against the plans for the St Felix School site in Reydon, near Southwold and add his support to the Campaign Group RAGE who are attempting to stop the sale of school land to allow 69 houses to be built.

The Emergency Motion on Europe be debated on Monday 15th September at 10am which we were unable to preview earlier has now been published.

In view of its significance and wide scale interest we are publishing it in full as follows:

F24 Europe Motion: Stopping Brexit

Proposer: Summation: Submitted by: Rt Hon Tom Brake MP (Spokesperson on Brexit and International Trade) Wera Hobhouse MP (Spokesperson on Communities and Local Government) 14 Party Members

Annual Conference - Brighton 15-18 September 2018 Liberal Democrats - DEMAND BETTER

In the final part of the Federal Conference preview, we take a look at the programme and agenda for the events at Brighton on Tuesday.

DAY FOUR - TUESday 18th September

Last day at Conference, bags are packed, hotels and B&Bs are vacated and everyone prepares for a short agenda culminating in Vince's speech before setting off for home.

Councils need tougher powers to deal with heavy haulage road rogues.

Tough new powers are needed for town halls to tackle lorry drivers who ignore weight restrictions, bringing chaos to the nation's villages and roads, local Liberal Democrats are saying.

Lorries of a certain weight, height or width are banned from many minor roads but the police, whilst doing all they can, do not always have the resources to enforce the restrictions.