23 Mar 2020
Wealden District News
LibDem Group Leader Paul Sparks slams Wealden Council Tax increase
LibDem's challenge Tory council tax rise for Wealden Liberal Democrat councillors on Wealden District Council put forward an amendment to the Conservative controlled council's budget asking for a freeze in Council Tax rises for this year. The Liberal Democrat group and many Uckfield residents are frustrated with the mismanagement of the Wealden Plan by the Conservative dominated council which has recently been rejected by the government planning inspector. The development of the Wealden Plan had taken place over many years at a cost of hundreds of thousands of pounds, and has been rejected due to a catalog of failures. Wealden currently faces a planning "free for all" whilst a new plan is developed. Not surprisingly the amendment was defeated. Follow the link to the full article in the Sussex Express
29 Feb 2020
Wealden Local Plan update for LibDem Members & Supporters scheduled for Feb 15th at 7pm
All Members & Supporters of Wealden Liberal Democrats are invited to attend a meeting to be updated regarding the recently withdrawn Wealden Local Plan:
24 Jan 2020
Chris Bowers encourages Wealden voters to watch the hustings debate recording
Last Saturday December 7th, Crowborough Community Centre hosted Wealden's only pre-General Election parliamentary hustings debate with all four parliamentary candidates participating - Lib Dem Chris Bowers, Labour's Angie Smith, the Green Party's Georgia Taylor and incumbent Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani. The debate was moderated by BBC political journalist Helen Catt.
11 Dec 2019
Liberal Democrat Chris Bowers welcomes the news that the Tory candidate has finally agreed to a live debate
*Update Dec 7th - tickets have SOLD OUT but the event will be live-streamed from 7.30pm via the venue's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CrowboroughCommunityCentre/
1 Dec 2019
LibDem candidate Chris Bowers will be at the Wealden XR 'Climate Crisis Question Time' in Forest Row this Wed Nov 27th at 8pm
Wealden's Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate Chris Bowers will be participating in the upcoming live 'Climate Emergency Question Time' this Wednesday November 27th, an event which has been organised by Wealden's Extinction Rebellion (XR) group.
25 Nov 2019