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Lib Dem MPs celebrating victory on Bill calling for UK to get a better deal with EU

Slough

Lib Dems won a key vote in Parliament, calling on the Government to begin negotiations with the EU on a new, Customs Union deal to boost trade and help pay for better public services.

Dr Al Pinkerton MP, who speaks for Lib Dems on Europe, proposed a new law forcing the Government to negotiate a new Customs Union deal with the EU which is "the biggest lever for growth which the Government could pull." Lib Dems won the first vote on this

23 Dec 2025

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Jen Simpson, Bridget Orr & Cllr Fank O'Kelly at fence

Cippenham

Progress for Jen Simpson’s fence petition: “councillors unanimously agreed that the petition ‘should’ be heard by cabinet [which] will thus engage with residents, community groups and ward councillors to agree on a way forward” – Slough Express, 1/12/25

Jen Simpson powerfully presented Cippenham residents' case against the 8 foot fence SBC put up around Eltham Ave car park. At Slough Council on 1/12/25 Jen's petition, strongly backed by Lib Dem Cllrs O'Kelly & Akram, got SBC to agree to engage & review

2 Dec 2025

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Slough

Lib Dems call for a Budget to reduce the cost of living by an emergency hospitality VAT cut and reductions in household energy bills

Daisy Cooper MP, Lib Dem Deputy Leader, called for the Nov Budget to reduce the cost of living by a cut in hospitality VAT (eg on restaurants, entertainment & accommodation) & reductions in household energy bills, paid for by a windfall tax on big banks.

18 Nov 2025

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Cippenham

Lib Dems campaigning for improvements from Thames Water: Cllr Frank O'Kelly (Cippenham Village); Sir Ed Davey MP (Leader); Katrin Harding (Lib Dem Cllr, Wokingham) Clive Jones (Lib Dem MP Wokingham)

Many Lib Dems are calling for major improvements from Thames Water. But Cippenham Village Cllr Frank O'Kelly is also helping clear pollution-fed weed growth that blocks streams & so causes flooding - going down here in the bridle path south of Wood Lane

27 Oct 2025

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Slough

Slough Council supports Lib Dem Cllr Waqas Sabah's call for a recycling and recovery plan to "save money, protect the environment, and get us back on track without penalising our residents"

Slough Lib Dems' call for a review of the Council's Refuse Collection Policy was proposed by Cllr Sabah (in photo, with Sir Ed Davey), seconded by Cllr Akram, supported by all the councillors who spoke at a full Council meeting, and unanimously agreed.

8 Oct 2025

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Slough

Expert predicts Lib Dems will win more seats than Tories as Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey asks: "What kind of country to we want to be"

In closing the Lib Dem 2025 conference, Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey spoke for Slough when he said: we want to be... A country where we take care seriously, and fix our NHS and tackle climate change. Not Trump’s America. Not Farage’s Britain.

6 Oct 2025

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Slough

Lib Dems won a key vote in Parliament, calling on the Government to begin negotiations with the EU on a new, Customs Union deal to boost trade and help pay for better public services.

23 Dec 2025

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Cippenham

Progress for Jen Simpson’s fence petition: “councillors unanimously agreed that the petition ‘should’ be heard by cabinet [which] will thus engage with residents, community groups and ward councillors to agree on a way forward” – Slough Express, 1/12/25

2 Dec 2025

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Slough

Lib Dems call for a Budget to reduce the cost of living by an emergency hospitality VAT cut and reductions in household energy bills

18 Nov 2025

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Cippenham

Lib Dems campaigning for improvements from Thames Water: Cllr Frank O'Kelly (Cippenham Village); Sir Ed Davey MP (Leader); Katrin Harding (Lib Dem Cllr, Wokingham) Clive Jones (Lib Dem MP Wokingham)

27 Oct 2025

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Slough

Remembering Sir Ming Campbell (1941-2025), the Lib Dem Leader & sporting hero who interrupted his cancer treatment to return to Parliament to strengthen the Lib Dem's opposition to Tony Blair's Labour Government over their war in Iraq.

Ed Davey MP led tributes to Sir Ming Campbell, in the Commons on 14 Oct 2025. Sir Ed highlighted Ming's sporting achievements & his morality, courage & wisdom when opposing Labour's Iraq War. Cllr Frank O'Kelly added Slough Lib Dems' tribute (Photo: BBC)

21 Oct 2025

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Slough

Slough Council supports Lib Dem Cllr Waqas Sabah's call for a recycling and recovery plan to "save money, protect the environment, and get us back on track without penalising our residents"

8 Oct 2025

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