COLCHESTER Lib Dem parliamentary candidate Martin Goss has warned the Government’s controversial National Service plan would see more than £1.3million cuts to vital local services.   The Liberal Democrats have warned that the Conservative Party’s plans to spend £2.5billion on the scheme would be paid for by slashing backing for local areas through the Shared Prosperity […]

COLCHESTER councillor Martin Goss has welcomed the summer General Election and says it is chance for the city to have a local MP again. The Lib Dem parliamentary candidate has served on the council for 16 years and is battling to follow in the footsteps of pollical stalwart Sir Bob Russell who represented the constituency […]

GOVERNMENT failure in the provision of childcare places has left many parents in the Colchester area completely without options. Research by the Liberal Democrats has found there are a staggering 331 fewer early years childcare providers in Essex in 2023 then there were four years ago – one of the biggest decreases in the country. […]

THE number of incidents of sewage ‘vandalism’ in Colchester increased by a shocking 199% in the last year according to new data released this week. Figures from the House of Commons library, based on official reports from the Environment Agency, revealed the number of cases of ‘counted’ spills into local rivers and lakes shot up […]

ESSEX police need more resources to reverse the rise in burglary response times, according to Martin Goss, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Colchester. New figures released by 26 of the country’s police forces revealed the average time taken by officers responding to incidents of burglaries in the county was 6hrs and 34mins in 2022/23 […]

A FRIGHTENING increase in sewage spills in the Anglian Water region has been slammed as scandalous by the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Colchester, Martin Goss. New figures released by the Environment Agency have revealed the number of incidents of discharged sewage flowing into the area’s water system increased by a staggering 97% – the […]

MARTIN GOSS, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Colchester, says the government’s Budget will leave families facing soaring bills. The Liberal Democrats have labelled Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s plans a “desperate deception”, with income tax bills still set to rise. Martin believes people will see through this “deception” and that they don’t want more “empty promises” […]

PEOPLE living in north Essex are being “abandoned” as they face longer waits to see their local GP. Research by the Liberal Democrats has found the number of patients waiting more than 14 days for an appointment, excluding those with an unknown time between the initial booking and eventually being seen, rose to 433,771 in […]

A LEADING Colchester dentist says there needs to be a rethink of NHS contracts with dental practices. The shortage of NHS dentists around the country has seen long queues outside temporary mobile dentist surgeries. Research, commissioned from the House of Commons Library by the Liberal Democrats, found some 82,704 children – 44.9% – in the […]

AN alarming number of children in Colchester are being let down by the lack of NHS dentist services – with nearly HALF in the Suffolk and North-East Essex area failing to have an appointment in a 12-month period. Research, commissioned from the House of Commons Library by the Liberal Democrats, found some 82,704 children – 44.9% […]