Kent Liberal Democrats Call for Urgent Action as Flu Admissions Soar and Vaccination Rates Plummet
Record H3N2 Flu Admissions Prompt Emergency Proposals for Vaccination, Funding, and Frontline Support.
15 Dec 2025
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Phil's team fixed a pothole near Lyminge Way
Phil the pothole duck and his friend Matthew, got the pothole in the junction of Lyminge Way and Tenterden Way filled.
30 Oct 2025
GPs
Our plan to recruit 8,000 more GPs
Last year there were 61 million GP appointments delayed for over two weeks or more. The Liberal Democrats have a five-year plan to give patients a legal right to a GP appointment within a week, or 24 hours if urgent.
25 Oct 2025
TDC
Meet your Garlinge by-election candidate: Matthew Brown
Thanet Liberal Democrats' candidate for the Garlinge by-election is local activist, Matthew Brown.
17 Oct 2025
Potholes
Introducing Phil the pothole duck
Phil (the pot hole duck) is our mascot for better roads in Thanet. If you see us out and about with Phil give us a wave - or come and take a selfie.
MB
4 Oct 2025
Margate
Statement on this weekend's protest in Margate:
The events of the past few weeks, and resulting manifestation in Thanet of a Far Right event, run by a party calling for both a ‘Holy War’, and the deportation of 5 million people from the UK, is no surprise to the Thanet Liberal Democrats.
DH
28 Sep 2025
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Our emergency plan to keep Britain moving
Liberal Democrats are calling for an emergency transport package to keep Britain moving, cutting the cost of travel for people – whether by car, train or bus.
LD
2 Apr 2026
Health, Care & the NHS
Our plan to make Britain the safest country in the world to have a baby
We have announced a £600m rescue plan to fix maternity care, and make Britain the safest country in the world to have a baby.
26 Mar 2026
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