NEW bus fares will mean Colchester’s commuters face an equivalent of a 1% annual tax increase. The Labour government’s controversial increase of the flat rate bus fare up to £3 per journey instead of £2 has been met with widespread criticism. And the Liberal Democrats are leading the calls for the price hike to be […]

COLCHESTER MP Pam Cox has been slammed for putting her party ahead of key health and care reform. The city’s new Labour MP did not vote to support two parliamentary motions that would have seen the Government tackle the health and care crises. Tabled as part of the Liberal Democrats’ first Opposition Day since 2009, […]

LIB DEMS in Colchester fear more than 13,000 pensioners in the city will lose their winter fuel payment this year. The Labour Government’s controversial plans to cut the universal annual tax free payment of up to £300 and restrict it to only those pensioners on benefits has sparked nationwide backlash from welfare groups, unions and […]

THE LIB DEMS have called for all students affected by crumbling concrete in their schools to be allowed a special appeals process over exam grades.  According to Department For Education figures, hundreds of A-Level students in Colchester, who received their grades today, had to deal with disruption at their schools after problems with Reinforced Autoclaved […]

MARTIN has urged the people in Colchester to seize the opportunity and vote for change in the General Election – and by backing the Lib Dems it would give them a “local champion” in parliament. In his final rallying call ahead of polling day on Thursday, the Liberal Democrat candidate said voters across the constituency are “ready for […]

COLCHESTER’S Lib Dem candidate Martin Goss is backing calls for an emergency Health and Care Budget within four weeks of the General Election to save local health services The Liberal Democrats say there can be no delay in rescuing health services on the brink after years of Conservative cuts and neglect Martin said that whatever the […]

LIB DEM stalwart Sir Norman Lamb says Colchester candidate Martin Goss would be the perfect ‘local champion’ to represent the city in parliament. Sir Norman, 66, MP for North Norfolk between 2001-19 and a former Government Health Minister, visited Colchester yesterday and joined Martin and some of his campaign team on a canvassing route. And […]

MARTIN GOSS has hailed the Lib Dems’ bold £750million plans to ‘rescue’ NHS dentistry. According to figures from NHS Digital and Dental Statistics, the North Essex area has seen 55 dentists – almost a third of those available – quit the health service in the last five years. And of the 153 left striving to […]

MARTIN GOSS has officially launched his campaign to be MP for Colchester, vowing to champion the city’s cause in parliament. The Lib Dem candidate, 50, who has lived in Colchester since he was four years old, told party volunteers and campaigners on Sunday that the real hard work starts now with just under three weeks […]

MARTIN GOSS struck the first blow in General Election campaigning in Colchester by topping the voting at a husting held in front of students at the Sixth Form College. The Lib Dem parliamentary candidate topped the polls at the College with just under 56% following talks by all the constituency hopefuls in front of a […]