Our parliamentary candidate Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett gave a speech at our AGM last night emphasising that he has three main aims.
1. For the UK to remain in the European Union
2. Take measures to tackle climate change and improve the environment
3. Improve mental health services in Suffolk
Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett is standing again as our candidate for MP and is the clear choice for "remain" as the campaigner to #StopBrexit
Since the 2017 election, Adrian has worked for a Charity, enei (Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion) and leads the charity's work to help global companies create a culture that welcomes everyone, whatever their background, into the workplace.
Alongside his liberal values, passion for inclusion, internationalism and refugee support, Adrian is especially committed to championing mental health, the environment and making sure that every child has the education and support they need to fulfil their potential.
FIVE KEY PRIORITIES FOR IPSWICH
RECRUIT and support more teachers
PROVIDE free childcare from 9 months
FIX local mental health services
TACKLE CLIMATE EMERGENCY and improve the air we breathe
CELEBRATE our Town's diversity and develop our sense of community
The Liberal Democrats candidate in the Ipswich constituency will once again be Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett. He will be standing on a clear platform to stop Brexit. He is pictured here with the Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson.
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Leader of the Liberal Democrats Vince Cable has said "Having seen the Conservative backbenches will not support her deal the Prime Minister must change course. Her deal is doomed to defeat in the Commons, so she should show real leadership by putting this question back to the public in a People's Vote. The EU is clear that there is no more negotiating to do, so it's this deal or No Brexit. That is the choice on which every voter should now have a final say - and Liberal Democrats will campaign vigorously for the UK to remain a full member of the EU."
Cllr. Inga Lockington says. "I learned that today Monday is World Toilet Day and that reminded me of one of our Christmas presents last year which was a photo of a toilet built somewhere in Africa, I will be joining tomorrow with my church to collect funding for more Toilet Twinning. Provision of toilets and sanitation is so important when it come to improving the health of people in many countries around the world".
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Following a disastrous appearance at the Home Affairs Select Committee last week, Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes was brought before the House of Commons yesterday, but was still unable to answer what immigration checks EU citizens will be subject to after Brexit, and how these will apply to those who are already here are therefore entitled to 'settled status'.
The Home Office is currently trialing the scheme for applying for settled status, but it isn't due to be fully open until March 2019. Nokes boasted that the Home Office has now granted settled status to 1,000 EU citizens, less than 0.03% of the 3.6 million EU citizens currently living in the UK.
Following the debate, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson Ed Davey said:
"Millions of EU citizens in the UK have been living under a cloud of uncertainty for more than two years. After being quizzed by MPs on two separate occasions, the Immigration Minister has utterly failed to offer them any clarity.
"The one thing the Minister did admit is that the Conservatives will not be able to implement their much-vaunted immigration red lines for years to come.
"The Conservatives are sleepwalking into another Windrush scandal, where hostile environment checks destroy the lives of people who have every right to be in the UK. The Government's chaotic approach to Brexit risks subjecting EU citizens to those same injustices.
"Conservative Ministers must end this uncertainty and offer a way out of this mess entirely by giving the people a final say on the Brexit deal, with the option to remain in the EU."
