The Liberal Democrats have accused the Government of forgetting victims of fraud in Staffordshire after senior Conservative Ministers overlooked fraud and computer misuse offences when making false claims on falling crime. Stafford and Stone Liberal Democrats have also called on the local Conservative MPs- Bill Cash, Theo Clarke and the Chief Executive of Staffordshire County […]

51,450 “squeezed middle” families in Staffordshire won’t receive any help with soaring energy bills, analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. The Government is only offering a Council Tax rebate on households in council bands A-D. This means households in bands E-F across the country will not receive this support to help cope with soaring […]

Boris Johnson’s promise to provide 85% of homes and businesses in Stone with high-speed broadband by 2025 is set to be broken, local Liberal Democrats can reveal. Analysis of House of Commons Library data by the party has found that just 26% of premises in Stone had gigabit broadband availability in 2021.  At the current […]

Local Liberal Democrat candidate calls on Bill Cash to sack Boris Johnson Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey says “It’s time Conservative MPs did their patriotic duty” Responding to Sue Gray’s update on parties being held in Downing Street during Covid lockdowns, Liberal Democrat candidate for Alec Sandiford said: “This is a damning moment […]

50 days of Conservative inaction over Boris has lead to one in three Tory voters less likely to support local Tory candidate if they back Boris Johnson  Sue Gray report will be judgement day for Tory MPsOne third (32%) of those who voted Conservative at the last election are now less likely to support a […]

The Conservative Government is failing to deliver the promised 300 more police officers for Staffordshire.  Analysis of Home Office statistics by the Liberal Democrats has shown that Staffordshire’s officer numbers rose by only 93  in the last year. A total of 165 extra officers have been recruited by Staffordshire Police under the Government’s campaign that […]

The Conservative Government’s stealth tax raid will cost the average family in the West Midlands £390 a year by 2026, research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. The tax hit will mean a total hit of £900 million to taxpayers across West MIdlands. The new tax hike on households follows the Government’ refusal to […]

Rural areas set to be hit hardest by energy bill price hike, including Stone and Staffordshire Moorlands who will pay £714 more from April  Rural areas in England and Wales will be hit hardest by the expected rise in energy bills in April, new research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. New analysis of ONS data […]

Email on Number 10 drinks party “adding insult to injury” Responding to reports by ITV News that Downing Street staff were invited to a drinks party in the Number 10 garden during the national lockdown on May 20 2020, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Stone, Alec Sandiford said:“This is yet more evidence that while the vast majority […]

Stafford Borough Council (SBC) will be charging £36 for the collection of our brown bins. Don’t want to pay? Well they simply won’t take it away. This fee is unfair. Why? Council tax will not be reduced if you don’t pay for collection. SBC compost our waste in Stone and sell it to farmers and […]