The Liberal Democrats have called for a new legal right for cancer patients to start treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral, as part of a plan to boost survival rates and improve treatment for those affected by the disease. The latest NHS figures show that, in the last year, 972 cancer patients in the ESNEFT area waited […]

Colchester Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson, Martin Goss has joined over 120,000 other people who have signed to support the petition by Shelter calling on the Government to progress the Renters Reform Bill.  In Colchester  there are 21.6% of Colchester residents privately renting; any of whom could be presented with a Section 21 ‘no-fault’ eviction notice. Shelter […]

980,131 children in the East of England not seen by an NHS dentist in the last 12 months 2,750,847 of East of England adults not seen by an NHS dentist in the past 2 years – Lib Dems call for boost to NHS dentistry so that no one is forced to pay hundreds of pounds for private […]

The Lib Dems have become the only major party to commit to the triple lock on pensions, supporting the 16,686 pensioners living in Colchester. The party is set to commit to the triple lock in its draft manifesto for the next General Election being adopted at its Autumn Conference this weekend. The commitment would ensure pensions […]

Colchester Conservative MP, Will Quince has today voted against a parliamentary motion which would have forced the government to publish key information on the RAAC crisis. Local Liberal Democrat candidate demands answers and emergency funding for all impacted schools Will Quince  Conservative MP for Colchester, has voted to block the publication of spending requested by the […]

Government must come clean on which schools in Colchester are affected by crumbling concrete The Government has refused to reveal which schools are affected by failing RAAC concrete. The Liberal Democrats are calling for the Government to release the list of schools affected. 104 schools have been told to close buildings because they are at […]

The Liberal Democrats have called for rail fares to be frozen for the next 5 years after this week’s (w/c 14th) figures show that Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation in July reached 9%. This is the figure normally used to increase rail fares from next March. It comes after ministers have refused to say how […]

A staggering 79% of burglaries went unsolved in Essex in the 2022/2023 financial year – an average of 15 a day, new analysis has revealed. The figures, from official Home Office statistics, show that in 2022/2023, a total of 5344 burglaries in Essex were closed without a suspect being identified, accounting for 79% of all cases. Meanwhile, just 5% of Essex burglaries resulted in a suspect […]

Win for Colchester  Anti-social behaviour in the City Centre is down according to the latest Essex Police figures Colchester Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson, Martin Goss has welcomed the news that the City Centre is a safer and nicer place following figures provided by Essex Police during the period of 2022 to 2023. These showed that […]

2934 children in Essex are stuck on NHS waiting lists for specialised dental care, including some with severe tooth decay or other serious dental problems, shocking new figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed. On average, children in the area are waiting 42 weeks for specialised dental treatment under General Anaesthetic after a referral. The […]