Responding to the Spring Budget today, Richard Foord MP, Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton & Honiton, has condemned the Government's plans to increase energy bills as "so out of touch they might as well be on a different planet."

It comes as Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that energy bills will remain at £2,500 for the next three months, meaning the typical household energy bill will be double what it was in April 2021. The Chancellor also scrapped the £400 discount on bills which all households received this winter and failed to U-turn on plans to slash energy bill support for businesses, leisure centres, schools and hospitals by 85%.

Mid Devon's Lib Dems are demanding the Government cancel plans to hike the average household energy bill by £500 in April, and bring in a tax on the "bonanza bonuses" of oil and gas bosses.

The party is calling for cuts to people's bills instead, combined with a new energy support package for businesses, leisure centres, schools and hospitals across Mid Devon.

Ever since he became a Devon County Councillor, Liberal Democrat Frank Letch has been trying to help Residents of Bow (in Mid Devon) get the road surface at a major junction, Station Road with the A3072, repaired.

"Residents are caught between a rock and a hard place. Two water companies may be contributing to undeground water which causes the road surface to disintegrate, and Devon County Council uses the lack of action by the water companies as an excuse not to resurface the road," commented Frank.

The Liberal Democrats have backed Conservative councillors into a U-turn on a controversial proposal to increase parking charges by 60% across the Mid Devon Council area.

The Economy Policy Development Group chaired by Liberal Democrat Councillor John Downes (Crediton Lawrence) recommended that parking charges are kept in line with inflation, with no additional increase.

The Liberal Democrats have backed Conservative councillors into a U-turn on a controversial proposal to increase parking charges by 60% across the Mid Devon Council area.

The Economy Policy Development Group chaired by Liberal Democrat Councillor John Downes (Crediton Lawrence) recommended that parking charges are kept in line with inflation, with no additional increase.

Tiverton and Honiton's Liberal Democrats have slammed the Conservatives for being "asleep at the wheel" on tackling community crime after damning new revelations show that almost all burglaries in Devon and Cornwall go unpunished.

Analysis of official Home Office data by the Liberal Democrats revealed that just 71, or 6%, of domestic burglaries in Devon and Cornwall resulted in a criminal charge or summons in the first three quarters of 2022. Across the country, the figure was a dismal 4%.

It's a common refrain when canvassing on doorsteps, "We never hear anything from the Liberal Democrats." Well, it's not for want of trying! Some far-right controversialists get more airtime from the BBC than the Liberal Democrats, and if you pick up a newspaper you'd often think the Party doesn't exist. That can be especially true at a local newspaper and news level. Look at these two articles…

Decision making within Mid Devon District Council has been thrown into chaos as four Conservative Councillors have left the Cabinet ahead of a Special Cabinet meeting on Tuesday 14th February.

Counter claims of 'sacking', or 'resignation', from Mid Devon Council Cabinet of four Conservatives over further funding for the speculative property development company, 3Rivers Development, leaves this key committee without enough members to make decisions.