Hinckley & Bosworth Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Hinckley and Bosworth Councillor Michael Mullaney recently met with party leader Jo Swinson recently where he discussed with her issues affecting the local area.

Michael Mullaney said "It was great to meet with Jo Swinson and talk about the issues affecting people in Hinckley and Bosworth. Our area is amongst the worst funded in the country for police, schools and local health services. We desperately need a government who will put the interests of people in our area higher up the agenda.

Hinckley councillor and Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Bosworth Michael Mullaney spoke at national Liberal Democrat conference on the need for fair funding for local services. The speech can be viewed here from 53 minutes in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjlOnX7KEEE

Hinckley councillor and Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Bosworth Michael Mullaney spoke at the national Lib Dem conference about the need for fairer funding for areas like Hinckley and Bosworth who currently don't get their fair share of funding for health, education, police and other services.

Local Liberal Democrat Councillors have welcomed a pledge, by party leader Jo Swinson, to invest in vitally needed youth services and youth workers, to help tackle knife crime and provide positive places for young people to be.

Swinson made the commitment in her leader's speech at the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference in Bournemouth.

"I/we the undersigned are very concerned about the closure of Hinckley's X-ray facilities. We call upon the NHS to re-instate an X-ray facility in Hinckley with immediate effect."

Furthermore we call on the Conservative Government to make good on their empty promises and deliver the long-awaited improvements to our NHS that our town deserves."

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council has backed calls for more police to be put on local streets.

The X-ray facilities that had been carried out at Mount Road hospital were stopped for safety reasons, this means residents will now have to travel miles away to Coalville or Glenfield to get X-rays.

The motion proposed by Councillor David Bill and seconded by Councillor Ann Pendlebury was passed unanimously

Reacting to the news that Abingdon man Luke Evans has been selected as the Conservative candidate for Bosworth Lib Dem HBBC Leader Cllr Stuart Bray said:

"The Conservative Party simply takes our area for granted. The last MP was parachuted in from outside and achieved little for the area. Now they have picked a man from Abingdon who's stood and lost in Birmingham before ending up here. We deserve better than being second choice.

Following the publication of a report showing that rural crime has hit a seven-y ear high, costing the UK £50m in 2018 and up 12% on the previous year, Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said: "These figures only confirm what people in rural areas have known for a long time. As government gets ever more centralised our country areas are increasingly left behind. Successive policing ministers may have forgotten the countryside but It is clear that the criminals have not. A visible presence from police that understand the needs of rural communities now has to be a priority."

Jo Swinson has been welcomed to the leadership of the Lib Dems by a leading local Lib Dem who believes there's a real chance the party can make a big breakthrough at the next election.

Leicestershire County Councillor Michael Mullaney said "We were fortunate to have two excellent candidates for the leadership of the party Ed Davey and Jo Swinson. I backed Ed Davey and am sorry to not see him elected leader however Jo Swinson will make a great leader and gives the Lib Dems a real chance of breaking through at the next election.