Today is my last official day as a councillor on Milton Keynes Council. It has been a real privilege to represent the residents of Newport Pagnell South Ward for the last 25 years. Thank you! This website will now become inactive.

Tomorrow is election day, and I retire after 25 years on MK Council.Can I urge everyone to vote for my replacement as Lib Dem candidate – ANDY CARR. Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm. You don’t need your Polling Card to vote, although in helps the polling clerks if you can take it. […]

Ahead of the local elections on 6th May, the Liberal Democrats are putting reducing child poverty, Covid recovery, tackling flooding and cleaning up neighbourhoods top of their list If elected to run the Council in May, the Liberal Democrats will: • Reduce child poverty • Tackle unaffordable housing and homelessness • Help our children and […]

Councillor Douglas McCall, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Milton Keynes Council for the last 9 years, has announced his plans to retire from the Council this May. Councillor McCall was first elected to MK Council 25 years ago in 1996 at the very first elections to the then new Unitary Authority of Milton […]

MK Lib Dems Promise to Reduce Child Poverty, Tackle Flooding and Clear Litter in Local Election Manifesto Last night, Milton Keynes Liberal Democrats launched their manifesto for the upcoming local elections on 6 May 2021, setting out how they will listen, care and work for the residents of our city. If elected to run the […]

There is a lot of misinformation going around about this proposed development, so we thought we would outline the history and how we have got to where we are. When the Liberal Democrats ran the Council (2002 – 2011), and Cllr Douglas McCall was Cabinet member for Strategic Planning, the M1 was set as the […]

I have been informed by the Leader of MK Council that green bin collections are to recommence from Monday 15th March. Residents will be aware the service was suspended due to a large number of SERCO staff being absent due to Covid-19, and sadly two members of staff died. More pressure was added to the […]

Tackling homelessness is something very close to my heart. Not only have the Lib Dems championed the cause on the Council, being instrumental in setting up the Homeless Partnership, but I personally worked as Operations Manager for a local homeless charity for 8 years until last year. So, I was delighted to hear that MK […]

Milton Keynes Liberal Democrats will be bringing forward a detailed amendment to the Council’s budget for 2021/22, proposing extra money for child poverty, flooding, bins and more. The amendment includes money for planning enforcement, tackling isolation amongst the vulnerable, replacement bins, rental and purchase bonds for care leavers and local flood wardens. There is also […]

The Liberal Democrat Group on Milton Keynes Council are proposing a £100,000 amendment to the 2021/22 budget to help tackle child poverty. The Liberal Democrats have been consistently campaigning on the issue of child hunger and poverty, having originally called for the Child Poverty Commission to be set up back in 2019. Last year they […]