Removing barriers to active travel on the Honeybourne Line
Today I wrote to the Managing Director of GWR to encourage him to unlock the benefits of the Honeybourne Line for active travel. View my full letter below:
Max joins disability campaigners to learn more about accessibility
Max joined charity campaigner Steve from the Royal National Institute of Blind People and Dave who lives at a Leonard Cheshire care home, who took him on tours of the town centre to experience an hour in the life of blind and partially sighted people, and wheelchair users.
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Lib Dems will invest £1billion a year to restore community policing
The Liberal Democrats have announced plans to invest an extra £1 billion a year to restore community policing by enabling forces to recruit 20,000 more police officers - enough for two extra officers in every ward across England and Wales, or the equivalent of 28 new police officers for Cheltenham. The Party will also fund an immediate 2% pay-rise for serving police officers.
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Lib Dems announce war on plastics
Local Lib Dem candidate Max Wilkinson visited plastic-free Dunkerton Cider as the Lib Dems announced a raft of policies as part of a radical plan to end the UK’s addiction to plastic. These policies include requiring all retailers to reduce the amount of plastics and non-recyclable packaging they use, implementing a deposit return scheme and ending plastic exports abroad by 2030
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Superdry co-founder Julian Dunkerton backs Max to become Cheltenham’s next MP
Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Cheltenham Max Wilkinson has won the backing of world-renowned businessman Julian Dunkerton.
Max visits town’s small businesses
Parliamentary Candidate for Cheltenham Max Wilkinson has been speaking to dozens of local small businesses – visiting the ever-popular Suffolk Christmas market on Sunday and Cheltenham’s exciting new co-working space Hub8 on Monday.
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Max visits Cheltenham food bank as demand hits 22-year high
Lib Dem parliamentary candidate Max Wilkinson visited an “inspirational” Cheltenham food bank, as new figures reveal the demand for food banks has never been higher.
Lib Dems will freeze rail fare increases in Cheltenham saving commuters thousands of pounds
The Liberal Democrats have announced they will freeze rail fare increases for Cheltenham commuters and season ticket holders for the next five years, while fixing the broken fares and ticketing system.
Lib Dems commit to reversing school cuts in Cheltenham
The Liberal Democrats have announced that they will spend £10 billion a year more on schools and hire 20,000 more teachers by the end of the next Parliament.
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Lib Dems announce plans to tackle the growing number of long-term empty homes in Cheltenham
The Liberal Democrats announce today that they would allow Cheltenham Borough Council to increase council tax by up to 500% on empty homes that are left empty long-term.
