A relaxed summer BBQ, hopefully in the sun!

Old, new and future members welcome.

There's plenty of off-road parking available, but if you're planning to have a tipple it may be wise to use the Bus. The 16 or 16A both stop by Hawkinge Primary, which is a 2 minute walk from the house.

Look forward to seeing you!

At the County Council meeting on 11th July the Liberal Democrats were due to propose a motion calling for Kent County Council to remove peak time restrictions for disabled persons bus passes. The motion was withdrawn by the County Council Chairman following a last minute objection by KCC's senior financial officer.

Liberal Democrat analysis of new Home Office figures, published this week, has revealed that the Conservative Government cut funding to Kent Police by 6% in real terms between 2015-16 and 2019-20.

According to Liberal Democrat analysis, total government funding to all 43 forces (in 2019-20 prices) fell from £8.48 billion in 2015-16 to £7.99 billion in 2019-20. 32 of the 43 forces across the country experienced cuts of 6% or more.

I today requested Folkestone and Hythe District Council if they could reprint and replace the faded and mainly damaged "Dog Waste" stickers on bins across the area with new stickers.

When they quickly and helpfully agreed to do so this afternoon *if* I could find the previous wording and dimensions, I'm not totally sure they expected my level of research quite so quickly...

Our South East England Region MEPs, Catherine Bearder, Antony Hook and Judith Bunting will all be attending along with Tom Brake MP and Baroness Alison Suttie.

There will be training sessions from ALDC and the HQ campaigns team as well as fringe events and networking opportunities.

We are also looking for new members to join the SE executive team. If you are interested to hear more about the role with no obligation to get further involved, please contact Regional Membership Development Officer Sashi Mylvaganam at Membership@southeastlibdems.org.uk

This reception for all SE members & other LD members and hope, you will be able to join us for this event and listen to our guest speaker.

There will be a cash bar.

All Party members for whom the Party has an email address should have received yesterday their personalised email to vote in the Leadership Election.

If you are a current Party member and have not received this email (entitled "Your chance to vote for who will lead the Liberal Democrats" from "Lib Dem Elections ", please check your spam / junk mail folders and if you can't find it contact elections@libdems.org.uk to let them know.

From Councillor Prater to Councillor Godfrey, Cabinet Member for Housing, Transport and special projects

Would the Cabinet member for Housing provide the number of LGSR's (gas safety certificate tests) on our housing stock that EKH invoiced this council for in each of the financial years 2016-17, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019?