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Welcome the website for Oxford City Liberal Democrats, the group of Lib Dem councillors working on the City Council to champion our areas and improve the way the council serves Oxford.

As well as finding contact details for our councillors and news on their work, we hope you'll be interested in the reports and videos on how the Lib Dem opposition are fighting the Labour administration's mismanagement of the City Council.

Latest News on Oxford City:

Dr Evan Harris MP supports Jericho community at boatyard planning appeal Mon 18th Aug 2008 The MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, Dr Evan Harris (right), has attended four full days of the planning appeal - being heard in public before a planning inspector in Oxford Town Hall - on Spring Developments' proposal to build flats on the canalside and prevent any future boatyard activity on the site. Dr Harris will address the inspector on Tuesday in support of local residents in their bid to preserve facilities for boaters. He will also urge the inspector to kick out the appeal on another key issue - the inadequate amount of affordable housing in the proposal.

Improvements to Oxford's play areas "massively overdue" say Lib Dems Wed 6th Aug 2008 The Labour administration on Oxford City Council has announced significant new budget for improving and maintaining Oxford's play areas, but the Lib Dems are asking who will lose out.

Labour in Oxford failing to help with energy price rises Mon 4th Aug 2008 Oxford City Council's Liberal Democrats have accused the Labour administration of back-tracking on climate change issues. In particular, the council is failing to respond to the problems caused by dramatic increases in fuel costs.

Lib Dems advance in 2008 Oxford elections Sat 3rd May 2008 The Liberal Democrats have gained seats in the 2008 local elections. The Leader of the city's two Tory councillors was ousted from his Carfax seat by veteran Liberal Democrat Stephen Brown. The Conservatives now have no councillors in Oxford and have not won an election in Oxford City for eight years. In neighbouring Holywell ward, Nathan Pyle took the ward for the Liberal Democrats from the Green party, who are now in decline in Oxford.

Lib Dems Choose Rundle as Group Leader Sat 3rd May 2008 The Liberal Democrat group on Oxford City Council have elected David Rundle, the Headington Councillor and former Deputy leader of the council, as their new group leader. He will be Leader of the Opposition, after Labour's gains from minor parties gave it a plurality of councillors in Oxford City. Elected unanimously, Rundle was nominated for the post by outgoing Leader of the City Council John Goddard.

Oxford's Labour MP votes to close city Post Offices - Huzzey Fri 28th Mar 2008 Holywell councillor Richard Huzzey has challenged Labour MP Andrew Smith's vote to axe city post offices in a letter to the Oxford Mail. After posing for the paper's photographer with a readers' petition against the closures, Andrew Smith MP voted for the government cuts.

Changes to City Council "impressive" under Lib Dems - Independent Audit Fri 28th Mar 2008 Lib Dem changes at Oxford City Council have won praise from the independent Audit Commission, which assesses the value-for-money of all Councils. After a quarter of a century of Labour mismanagement, they said that the Council was "high cost, low value" for local residents. In their 2008 report - just published - they say that in two years of minority Lib Dem leadership "the pace of change and improvement has been impressive".

Archive of earlier news stories.