It is sad that somehow politicians are failing to communicate the importance of voting. In Northbrook Ward nearly 80% of the Electoral Roll did not take advantage of their opportunity to vote in the last election. It is not that long ago that people where dying in this country to get the votes for women. [...]
I have had a number of people complain that there are Tesco trolleys everywhere. I have asked Laura Scott of Phoenix Youth Group to ask her kids to collect them and take them back to Tesco’s. This fits in with her Dream Scheme that she is running to get them involved in the Community. She [...]
I retired early from GlaxoSmithKline where I worked as a medical rep. I did this to have more time to put into the community and became a councillor for Durrington. I served in that capacity for 4 years. I am now Chair of Worthing West and East Arun Liberal Democrats. I am also chair of [...]
Had a chat with a couple in Northbrook Ward who said that there was no point in voting in Worthing because nothing ever changes. I agreed that nothing ever changes because the Conservatives have been voted in for nearly 50 years. IF WE WANT CHANGE, WE NEED TO VOTE LIBDEM and Give Worthing a chance [...]
One of the residents of Northbrook points out that child benefit comes to £20.30 a week for the first child (£1055.60 per year) and £13.40 for subsequent children (£696 pa). Actually she/he worked out the maths wrongly and got much higher figures for the year. However should we paying couples to have more children? Personally [...]
Why did they choose a smaller venue when told that there would be a lot of people? It is now in the Gordon Room. All the focus team attended the meeting organised by John Hughes of Don’t Over-Develop Durrington. Keith Sunderland spoke first from the audience to mention his concerns about the potential flooding risk [...]
Liberal Democrats are confident that significant changes will be made to the Government’s Health Bill to address concerns raised by the public, medical professionals and the party. Liberal Democrats led the calls for changes after raising serious concerns at the party’s Spring Conference in March. The Government has completed a listening exercise during a break [...]
Press Release from the Worthing West Liberal Democrats Last Friday night (25th February) local Lib Dems hosted their popular annual dinner at one on the town’s prestigious hotels. This years guest speaker was Stephen Lloyd, Eastbourne’s Liberal Democrat MP. The event was hosted by our own parliamentary candidate from 2010 Hazel Thorpe and local party [...]
Liberal Democrat News Worthing Herald Sharon Bowles