Last night (Dec 15th) Stockton Council considered a motion, proposed by Labour councillors, on the subject of the Corporate Parenting responsibilities which all councillors have towards the children who are in the care of the Local Authority. The full wording of the motion is given below*.
The Liberal Democrats have just had their best year of Council by-elections in 20 years! It ends a year of enormous growth for the Liberal Democrats, with fantastic by-election results, and tens of thousands of new members. People across the country are now voting to reject a politics of fear and division and instead voting for hard working Liberal Democrat Councillors who represent the united, open and tolerant Britain we live in.
By-election shock AGAIN! Electrifying win boosts tens of thousands of new Liberal Democrat members as Lib Dems surge to historic by-election victory Liberal Democrat support is growing across the country as they show they are now the only party standing up against hard brexit and
Drew Durning, Stockton South Parliamentary spokeman said today :
Dear Theresa May,
In April of this year Councillor Julia Cherrett launched a petition to prevent local schools in the Stockton area being forced to become academies. In May, Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State for education backed down on her plans. Our thanks to all those people from across Stockton and across the political divide that signed the petition.
