Investing in innovation
Catherine Bearder MEP has welcomed the progress being made by the Horizon 2020 project - an EU funded £60 billion research and innovation programme.
Read moreTribute to Jo Cox MP
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron and Paddy Ashdown have paid tribute to Jo Cox MP who was murdered this afternoon
Read moreRemain for prosperity
Big wins for Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats
Oxfordshire Lib Dems are celebrating a great set of local election results across the county this May.
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Putting residents first!
Cllr Richard Webber, leader of the Liberal Democrats on Oxfordshire County Council has written to the Oxford Times about the unitary councils debate.
Read moreLabour are letting Oxford down
Local Liberal Democrats are the official opposition on the Labour-run City Council and have been offering positive solutions to Labour's tired administration.
Local Liberal Democrats have called Labour out on their failures over charges for schools use of local parks, handing housing money back, and inability to support reading.
Hands off our schools
Tory plans to force every school in Oxford to become an academy will put standards at risk and freeze out teachers and parents, say local education campaigners.
Read moreDidcot Garden Town – Need not Greed
No one can accuse Didcot people of being NIMBYs. We have welcomed the additional housing, much needed by young people growing up here and by the workers attracted by science and industrial parks; we have welcomed the expansion of those parks and the jobs they bring; we have welcomed the new town ...
Read moreTories planning even deeper cuts
Children’s Centres, Elderly Day Care, bus services and many other vital services are under threat from plans set out by Conservative County Councillors.
Read moreCut crime, not coppers
John Howson is the Lib Dem choice for Police & Crime Commissioner in the election on Thursday 5th May.
Read morePetition: Save the Kaleidoscope Centre
Local services are under threat of closure thanks to cuts proposed by the Conservatives.
The Kaleidoscope Centre in Kidlington is one of the majority of the County’s Children’s Centres threatened with closure, along with Elederly Day Care Centres, bus services and arts grants.
Read moreCounty Liberal Democrats budget proposal accepted
Oxfordshire County Council accepts LibDem proposal to consult on unitary status for the county, so that the £33 million a year savings can be used to improve services.
Read moreLiberal Democrats say NO to plans to close Children's Centres
Liberal Democrats object to County Council report on closing Children's Centres.
Read moreCuts to Local Bus Services will Devastate our Communities
Liberal Democrats in Oxfordshire are asking the council to protect their buses from deepening local authority budgets cuts.
Read moreLet Oxfordshire residents decide...
The Liberal Democrat Group on Oxfordshire County Council calls for UNITARY STATUS for Oxfordshire to be put to the people of the county.
Read moreLib Dems criticise Government cuts to universal free school meals support
The Government has axed support that helps small schools with 150 pupils or fewer fund universal free meals for infants.
Read moreLibDems respond on Children's Centres
The Oxfordshire County Council Liberal Democrat Group have responded to the consultation on Children's Centrea.
Read moreEuropean Referendum: Lib Dems Are Campaigning To Lead Not Leave
On 13th November Antony Hook QC (former MEP candidate) was in Botley to talk about the importance of the upcoming EU Referendum.
Read moreTories To Slash Local Services
Local roads and pavements will get worse, bus services will be cut and day centres for the elderly will close under the latest Conservative proposals at the County Council.
Read moreWest Way update - November 2015
The Vale of White Horse District Council Cabinet at its meeting on Friday 30th October deferred the decision on Botley's Supplementary Planning Document which relates to the West Way re-development.
Read moreStunning close result in Sandford-on-Thames by-election
Liberal Democrat candidate Simon Thompson leads surge in support from 20% in May to 37% just five months later, coming within 43 votes of winning the Sanford & the Wittenhams seat on South Oxfordshire District Council.
Read moreJoint letter regarding investment in railways
Liberal Democrat County Councillors John Howson and Jean Fooks have written to the Oxford Mail about investment in railways in Oxford
Read morePetition from parents and children at St Aloysius’ School
Liberal Democrat Councillor John Howson has presented a petition to Oxfordshire County Council concerning safe cycle routes to St Aloysius' School in north Oxford.
Read moreMore funding needed for Oxfordshire schools
County Councillor John Howson argues in the Oxford Mail for better funding for Oxfordshire schools.
Read moreConcern for children and families in Oxfordshire
Liberal Democrat County Councillor Alison Rooke expresses her concern about the provision of school places.
Read moreCounty Council to appeal for a fairer allocation of the New Homes Bonus
A motion proposed by Liberal Democrat Group Leader, Cllr Richard Webber was passed unanimously at the Full Meeting of Oxfordshire County Council on Tuesday 14th July.
Read morePetition: Children's Centres: Think Again
Plans by Conservative County Councillors to close the County’s 44 Children’s Centres are facing strong opposition from local parents and carers.
Read morePetition: HS2 Traffic
Recent news that HS2 construction may give rise to a substantial increase in freight trains running through Wolvercote has caused much concern.
Read morePetition: No. 17 Bus Route
The Conservative-run County Council is considering big cuts to all subsidised bus services. The no 17, which serves Wolvercote, Cutteslowe and Jericho in Oxford, is under threat.
Read moreOxford LibDems on improving transport
Oxford LibDems support improving transport in Oxford and across Oxfordshire.
Read moreDelivering the Real Green Agenda
Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat candidate for Oxford West & Abingdon in the 2015 General Election, looks at the Liberal Democrats green achievements over the five years in government.
Read morePetition: Wootton Road roundabout
Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate Layla Moran and local Councillor Margaret Crick have been campaigning for the County Council to review the Wootton Road roundabout, which has been suffering from congestion since changes made by Conservative Councillors were implemented.
Read moreNHS Survey
Liberal Democrat candidate for Oxford West & Abingdon, Layla Moran has spoken to several local residents who have raised a number of concerns about their experiences with the local health services.
Layla is keen to find out how local services could be improved and what the priorities should be for any extra resources that the Liberal Democrats can deliver for the NHS.
Read moreBetter provision for cyclists at the new Oxford Parkway Station
The new Oxford Parkway Station provides for approximately 800 car park spaces but only 150 cycle spaces.
Previously the number of cycle spaces being planned was just 100, but due to a small success thanks to public pressure through petitions such as this, the number was increased by Chiltern Railways. This figure is still woefully short of what should be provided.
Read morePetition: Gloucester Green Trees
Twenty six mature trees in the centre of Oxford are under threat if developers plans become a reality.
Read morePetition: Don't Build on the Green Belt
Layla Moran and the local Lib Dem team are fighting proposals by the Conservative-run Vale of White Horse District Council Labour-run Oxford City Council to build piecemeal on the Green Belt.
Read moreCowley ward by-election July 2014
Oxford East LibDems have chosen Prakash Sharma as their candidate for the upcoming Cowley ward by-election on 17th July, precipated by the resignation of a Labour councillor shortly after the 2014 local election results were declared.
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