Reporting Back
Tim Prater Reporting Back from KCC: December 2025
The December 2025 monthly update from Tim Prater as County Councillor for Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East.
24 Dec 2025
Save our green belt
The Government has doubled the housebuilding target for Stockport, weakened the protections on a third of our precious green belt, and is forcing the Council through Ministerial Directives and threats to adopt a Local Plan which will let developers target green belt first.
We oppose this government’s ‘developers charter’ and need your voice. Do you agree with us that the green spaces that make our area special need to be preserved, and new housing should first be built on brownfield sites, after the infrastructure is provided with schools, improved transport, and GP places guaranteed? Help us send a message to Government and make Labour listen to local people.
Find our more about the local plan on our frequently asked questions page.
Save our green belt
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
South East Cornwall
Summary of the year
In May elections, four of us despite narrowly missing being elected as Cornwall Councillors, but each of us have remained active and continue serving our respective communities on Town and Parish Councils
24 Dec 2025
Alex Cole-Hamilton’s Christmas Message
“First of all I would like to thank all of those in our emergency services and those in the military who cannot spend Christmas with their lived ones because they are on duty today. You have our thanks, stay safe.
24 Dec 2025
Devastating rise in number of Scots homeless last Christmas
Scottish Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Paul McGarry has said the homeless crisis is deepening on the SNP’s watch, as he revealed there were 1,500 more Scots homeless last Christmas compared to the previous year.
24 Dec 2025
Ed Davey's Christmas message for 2025
In his Christmas message for 2025, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey MP will say:
23 Dec 2025
Supermarket scrooges steal Christmas cheer as one in three shoppers hit by shrinkflation
Shock polling commissioned by the Liberal Democrats shows that over one in three (36%) people have noticed Christmas food shrink in size this year. This comes as many households across the country are already struggling with a cost of living permacrisis.
23 Dec 2025
