Newcastle Lib Dems

Today is the first day of LGBT History Month

LGBT+ people have always been part of our societies, but often their stories are hidden and go untold.

This month is an opportunity to celebrate those stories and continue to campaign for progress.

Reform council spends £600k on eight free parking spaces for senior councillors | LBC The majority of staff, who will not be able to use the free parking facilities available to their senior colleagues, will still be expected to pay to park every day

#Newcastle deserves better than a failing Labour administration, but wherever Reform run councils, they bring chaos, division, broken promises, and reward themselves above serving residents.

Newcastle deserves real change but only the Lib Dems can deliver that.

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In the week that the Labour administration announced the closure of the cafés at Paddy Freeman’s and Exhibition Park, our 60 second survey of the week is all about our local environment.

Let us know what's most important to you: www.newcastle-libdems.org.uk/60-second-su...

• We need investment everywhere. We are campaigning for proper facilities, toilets, and play areas in all areas of the city, not just select spots.

#Newcastle #NewcastleDeservesBetter #LibDems

• We need a Fair Deal for our parks. Returning management to the Council was supposed to improve standards, not cut facilities.
• Commercial mismanagement is costing taxpayers. Losing £200k a year on what should be thriving businesses is unacceptable.

Anyone who uses our parks knows these are clearly popular spots. If the Council cannot make a café viable in one of the busiest parks in the city, it isn't a failure of demand—it is a failure of management.

The Lib Dem view is clear:

It is frankly a scandal that the Labour administration has announced the closure of the cafés at Paddy Freeman’s and Exhibition Park.

In their announcement today, the Council claims these venues are suffering from "falling demand." We don’t buy it, and we doubt you do either.

Only the Liberal Democrats can defeat Reform and the rise of dangerous, populist politics.

It's time for another 60 second survey of the week! Community safety is the theme - let us know what is important to you: speeding traffic and road safety, street lighting, anti-social behaviour etc....

www.newcastle-libdems.org.uk/60-second-su...

Take our 60 second survey of the week!

Potholes have been in the news this week but why not let us know about the local services that are important to you in this survey:

www.newcastle-libdems.org.uk/60-second-su...

Ed Davey quote which reads: Right now, in the corridors of A&E departments across our country, there are thousands of people – sick or injured – lying on trolleys or waiting on plastic chairs. No privacy. No dignity.

People were rightly furious with the Conservative Party for plunging the NHS into this crisis. Now they are fed up with Labour for letting things get worse on their watch.

We must tackle the crisis in A&E.

Two sides of the same coin.

Don't let Trump's America become Farage's Britain.

Our condolences go to his wife Lucy, also a former Jesmond councillor, and his wider family and friends.

He represented Blakelaw ward on Newcastle Council for 26 years, before becoming a councillor for North Jesmond in 2014. He stepped down in July 2024 due to ill health. Gerry was a hard-working and much-admired local representative who built strong relationships with many local residents and groups.

Profile picture of Gerry Keating

Newcastle Liberal Democrats are very sorry to pass on the news that former long-serving Blakelaw and Jesmond councillor Gerry Keating has passed away. Gerry was first elected as a Tyne & Wear County Councillor in 1981.

Newcastle's Labour administration had to admit to running up nearly £10m of extra costs above budget this year, the largest deficit in at least the last ten years.

Lib Dems would deliver credible plans for transformation of services facing cost pressures - we've done it before and can do it again.

A poster promoting Newcastle Liberal Democrats' Stop the Burn campaign.

Newcastle's Labour-led council is backing a new waste incinerator in Teeside. It will mean that less of your rubbish will be recycled than now and more carbon emissions. Sign the petition now to back our campaign to Stop The Burn!
www.newcastle-libdems.org.uk/campaigns/st...

#stoptheburn #recycling

Reform vote to raise council taxes for the poorest in County Durham Planned council tax reforms will impact the poorest in County Durham

Planned council tax reforms will impact the poorest in County Durham

"We desperately need a budget that puts growth back into the UK economy."

@CalumMillerLD.bsky.social

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We honour trans and non-binary lives lost to violence. We stand in solidarity with trans and non-binary people everywhere. Your lives matter, your voices matter, and your stories matter.

Liberal Democrat Councillor Dr Wendy Taylor, Chair of the LGA’s Health and Wellbeing Committee, said “Public health is central to prevention and early intervention in health and social care, and to the successful delivery of the NHS 10-year plan."

www.local.gov.uk/about/news/r...

Newcastle’s flip-flopping on SEN transport cuts fails families and city finances Councils must start delivering user-centred transformation of key services urgently, now, delivering meaningful efficiencies before financial pressures force their hand

Frustrated by Labour’s flip-flopping on vital school transport provision for pupils with SEN? So are we. Group Leader Colin Ferguson, writes in @northeastbylines.co.uk about the dangers of inconsistency in policy for services users and council finances.

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/transpo...

We'll be doing our bit here in #Newcastle too - #NewcastleDeservesBetter than the ailing and failing Labour administration and we are best placed to stop Reform and provide the council with the leadership it needs.

Labour Refuse to Back Community Efforts to Improve Gosforth Central Park Playground As Newcastle City Council announces its largest parks investment in years, the local Labour-cabinet has still refused to back our community-led fundraising drive at Gosforth Central Park.

Labour have refused to back local fundraising efforts to see much needed improvements to a well used and much loved playground in Gosforth, #Newcastle

www.newcastle-libdems.org.uk/news/article...

With an ally of Nigel Farage pleading guilty to taking bribes for making pro-Russian statements, it’s clear we need an in-depth investigation into Russian money in our politics.

Today I asked the Prime Minister whether he would back an investigation.

Great to see @tomgordonld.bsky.social raising the challenge with incineration as a means of dealing with #waste.

We've got to #minimise waste at source and increase #recycling ♻️

MAX WILKINSON QUOTE GRAPHIC TEXT:Sarah Pochin’s so-called apology was nothing more than a shameless attempt to dodge responsibility for her own words. Instead of showing a shred of remorse, she’s doubled down and tried to excuse the inexcusable. Nigel Farage keeps insisting that racism has no place in his party. Now is his chance to prove it - he must withdraw the whip or concede that Reform tolerates blatant racism.

Nigel Farage insists racism has no place in his party. But Sarah Pochin’s racist comments tell a different story.

He must withdraw the whip or admit that Reform tolerates blatant racism.

Mike once again showing what electing a Liberal Democrat councillor can do - making a material difference to the ward, and working all year round for its residents. #Newcastle #Ouseburn

Lib Dem gains from Labour, Conservative and independent as Reform lose everywhere Gains for the Liberal Democrats from Labour, Conservative and independent in council by-elections as the Greens fails surge, again.

Another great set of council results across the country for the Lib Dems - voters recognise that a Liberal Democrat councillor will work hard all year round for residents. www.markpack.org.uk/175800/lib-d...

This is pretty disappointing. It's been promised for years, and the technology clearly exists, because it is in operation elsewhere.

I recently witnessed how easy tap on / tap off and capped daily fares made using public transport in Switzerland.