As Sevenoaks District Council met this week to agree its budget for next year, Council leaders owned up to a £3 million overspend on the project to build a new swimming pool and leisure hall in Swanley.
The Lib Dems in Dartford, Sevenoaks and Gravesham are fighting by-elections for the county division of Wilmington and two Dartford council seats within this division. We are particularly focusing on the county seat, with our active, local candidate, Amanda Capell. We have already delivered, collected and analysed lots of knock-and-drop surveys, and got out a division-wide leaflet around New Year. Our next focus is a canvass of, and addressed letter delivery to, postal voters, whose votes should arrive around 13th January.
Sevenoaks' KCC Councillor Richard Streatfeild speaks to the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference to support the motion on responding to the crisis in Afghanistan.
Our work has begun! Six-weeks on from the County Election on May 6th, I've been spending several days each week on KCC business; learning how KCC actually works, working with other members of the Liberal Democrat Group to divide up the tasks of opposition and - most importantly - helping residents with their issues with officers.
Richard Streatfeild's win in Sevenoaks Town Division on Thursday gives Sevenoaks its first Liberal Democrat County Councillor in 24 years.
Over the last few months I enjoyed talking and listening to many of the residents and business owners who love Sevenoaks.
