Lib Dems vow to put the heart back into Gloucester with manifesto launch
The Liberal Democrats are promising to improve core services, support the local economy, deliver more affordable housing and make Gloucester carbon neutral by 2030.
Councillor Liam Harries and Trevor Howard are part of the Liberal Democrat team in Quedgeley Severn Vale.
Liam is a city councillor and Quedgeley Town Council councillor and has lived in the area his whole life. He went to Severn Vale School and now after graduating from university works in the IT industry.
He was first elected in May 2024.
Trevor has lived in Gloucester for over 30 years and has raised his family in the city. He is the Liberal Democrat candidate for Quedgeley, which includes the Severn Vale and Fieldcourt areas, in May's county council elections.
He worked at Barnwood in the nuclear power industry originally for the CEGB, which later became Nuclear Electric and EDF before taking early retirement.
He has been a trustee of Brunswick Baptist Church for 30 years and through the church has helped many
people struggling to access financial help and local community services.
He is also a presenter on local community radio station Severn FM and has a lifelong love of rock and blues
music.
If you have any issues you would like the team to take up on your behalf you can contact Liam on liam4quedgeley@gmail.com and Trevor on trevorhoward@newarkhouse.net
The Liberal Democrats are promising to improve core services, support the local economy, deliver more affordable housing and make Gloucester carbon neutral by 2030.
Gloucester City Council had made it harder to use the pay by phone option – often favoured by elderly residents who do not want to pay online – for the annual £50 bin charge.
A motion to the extraordinary general meeting of the city council on October 19 calls for Andy Lewis, Conservative cabinet member for culture and leisure, to make a written apology for the failure to agree a deal with Aspire.
Liberal Democrats councillors warning that any further financial shocks during 2023/24 would lead to services being cut to balance the books.
The city council announced the move as part of the phased reopening of leisure services in Gloucester after the collapse of the Aspire Trust last month.
Councillor Andrew Lewis, cabinet member for culture and leisure, said he hoped the Barton Pool and the Twyver Pool would be reopened by January 1.