The Bath and NES Liberal Democrat administration has passed a listening budget that will invest in the future of our area and protect our most vulnerable. Key highlights are: – £2 million extra for road surfaces – Keeping all the children centres open – £1 million extra for renewing play areas – £89 million for […]

Last year myself and the Weston Lib Dems organised a public meeting around the issue of housing. It was extremely well attended, with around 150 people who came to Weston All Saints Primary School to hear local Liberal Democrat MP and Housing Minister, The Rt. Honourable Don Foster, Leader of B&NES (Bath and North East […]

Regular readers of my blog will remember that a couple of years ago I blogged about the then HS2 consultation and broadly came out in favour of the proposals (http://chrislucas.mycouncillor.org.uk/2011/03/02/what-shall-we-do-about-hs2). Since then, there has been a lot of discussion about the plans – in particular the proposed routes – and in that time the ‘No’s […]

There’s been a lot of talk about fracking (or more accurately hydraulic fracture injections) lately, but with civil, economic and political unrest occurring both at home and overseas, it’s been pushed away from the headlines. This does not mean that the issue has gone away – far from it. The whole world is desperately addicted […]

On May 3rd 2012, in very many cities, towns and villages, there will be a number of elections up and down the land. Over the next few weeks, candidates representing themselves, different groups or political parties will either knock on your door or push a leaflet through asking you for your support (if they have […]

Health Matters Unless you’ve recently arrived from Mars it would not have escaped your notice that the NHS is once again grabbing the headlines. The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has been in for a lot of flack as he tries (with Lib Dem help) to get through his highly controversial Health and Social Care Bill. […]

A few months ago I was chatting to an elderly resident in my ward who explained that she was supposed to go to our local hospital, Watford General (part of West Herts Hospital NHS Trust) a couple of times a week for treatment but had refused to go. When I enquired as to why not, […]

As of 11 December 2011, the new Metropolitan Line timetable has come in to effect. London Underground Limited (LUL) took it upon themselves to withdraw all off-peak fast services to and from Moor Park and as a result, all off-peak trains now stop at every stop in and out of London. This is not only an […]

By being part of the Lib Dem Candidate Leadership Programme, I am lucky enough to be paired with the Rt. Hon. Don Foster, MP for Bath. This means that on Tuesdays and Fridays I spend the day with Don in the Commons and in his constituency respectively. The pairing works well on many fronts but […]

On October 18th I made my way to Russell Square to show my support for Anti-slavery Day. There I met David, Stacey & Stephanie from Anti-Slavery International (www.antislavery.org) whose knowledge of slavery past and present was incredible. As anyone who knows me will attest, this is a subject very close to my heart because, as […]