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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

23,793 households in North Northamptonshire have no car or van at all. For them the bus is the service, not the backup. The Government’s fare cap falls to £2 in January 2027. Lib Dems want £1 — plus 10% off rail fares and 12p a litre off at the pump. (ONS, Census 2021)

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

8,800 farmers who applied for SFI26 have funding that runs out by February 2027. The window shut at 15:48 on the day it opened. Defra plans a 2027 scheme. Publish the timetable now. 'This Too Shall Pass' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🤝 It's National Inclusion Week! In #Corby, we're proud to champion a town where everyone belongs — regardless of background, identity, or ability. Inclusion isn't a moment, it's a mindset. #NationalInclusionWeek

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A great last push this weekend by Lib Dem members from across North Northants to help Alex Bailey deliver the #PositivePlan for #Corby! 🕊️🔶

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“We care. We fight.” Reform have £72 million from two crypto billionaires. We have people in #Corby who care about where they live. Sound like you? Join us – link below. 'Rise Above' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🌿 Chag Sukkot Sameach to the Jewish community in #Corby! As the festival begins at sunset tonight, wishing you a joyful week of gratitude, harvest and togetherness. 🍋 #Sukkot

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Everyone in Corby pays a water bill. Nobody in Corby owns a share of the company that sends it. Reported plans would add nine regional bodies run by mayors. North Northamptonshire hasn’t got one. Put water in mutual ownership instead.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bike theft. Phone theft. Shoplifting. The crimes Corby actually reports — while officers are pulled away to handle online crime. Lib Dems: make Big Tech fund a new Online Crime Agency. 'Cirrus' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

💗💜💙 Happy Bi Visibility Day to bisexual people in #Corby! Today we celebrate you, your identities and your place at the heart of our community — seen, valued and welcome. #BiVisibilityDay

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ed Davey is demanding the maternity care scandal ends by the close of this Parliament. 7,720 women suffered severe tears giving birth last year. Kettering General is our main hospital — this matters here. 'This Too Shall Pass' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🍂 Happy Mabon to all in #Corby celebrating the Autumn Equinox! A moment of balance and gratitude as the seasons turn — and a reminder of the richness of our community. #Mabon #AutumnEquinox

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🕯️ G'mar Chatimah Tovah to all in #Corby observing Yom Kippur. A profound time of reflection and renewal — we wish you a meaningful fast and a peaceful day. #YomKippur

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Corby had no knife bin. The town council backed our proposal. No regular trains north — they've backed our plan on that too. Vote Alex Bailey on 1st October for Corby Town Council.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Lots of delivery done and loads to do. We've had our usual volunteers and a few from other areas helping promote our positive plan for #Corby in rain and shine.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Smash tax hikes" was on Reform's own leaflet. Their leader now runs the council. It put council tax up 4.99% — £91 a year on a Band D home. Vote Alex Bailey on 1st October for Corby Town Council.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Corby has urgent care at Willowbrook. When it is serious, the nearest A&E is Kettering. In 2025, 236 people waited over 12 hours in a chair at Northamptonshire’s hospitals. One waited 32. 'With These Hands' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A social home sold under Right to Buy and never replaced is one more family on the list. The Lib Dem Bill would let councils keep the receipts and replace what is sold — and sets a target of 150,000 a year. 'Resolutions' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Out past Weldon, Deene and King’s Cliffe is arable country — exactly what the new reservoir fund is for. That fund is up to £15m for all of England, against £550m of drought losses this year. 'Petrichor' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

What made Pen Green a poor housing site is what makes it a strong habitat bank: wet ground, scrub, hedgerow, mature trees, two waterbodies. Land that pays for its own care. northnorthantslibdems.org.uk/campaigns/pen-green-lakes

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Since 2024 most development in England must leave nature 10% better off. Developers who cannot manage it on their own site buy the difference from land registered as a habitat bank.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Refused for failing biodiversity in 2022. Agreed in principle as a community asset for #Corby in 2026. #PenGreenLakes

Since 2024 most development in England must leave nature ten per cent better off.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The one-in, one-out pilot with France, as at 30 June: 1,087 people returned, 1,117 accepted. We took more than we sent. 33,000 arrived by small boat that year. Deals done one country at a time don't scale. Britain should negotiate into the EU-wide returns system.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🍎🍯 Shana Tova to the Jewish community in #Corby! As the new year 5787 begins at sunset tonight, wishing you and your families a sweet, peaceful and healthy year ahead. #RoshHashanah #ShanaTova

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

💚 Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. In #Corby, we care about every resident's wellbeing. If you're struggling, please reach out — you matter, and support is there. Samaritans are free to call on 116 123, any time, day or night. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Have a baby in Corby and you have it in Kettering. So its maternity rating is ours too — requires improvement on safety at the last inspection, good in 2019. Ministers have just voted down one-to-one midwifery and 24/7 consultant cover.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🙏 Happy Paryushan to the Jain community in #Corby. Eight days of reflection, forgiveness and self-discipline begin today — wishing you peace and renewal. ✨ #Paryushan #Jain

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Once again, in a parliamentary seat they presumably want to regain, the #Tories fail to put up a candidate in a council by-election. Second time this year in #Corby West. Vote Alex Bailey on 1st October for Corby Town Council.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Where we stand: join the single market via the EEA, negotiate a customs union — steps on the road to EU membership. 55% now back rejoining (YouGov). 'Chasing Daylight' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Brexit trade barriers added £250 to the average household food bill between Dec 2019 and Mar 2023 — about a third of food price inflation then (LSE). 'Phase Shift' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

UK goods exports to the EU are still 14% below 2019. That border runs through this area’s biggest employers — 22,000 in manufacturing, 17,000 in transport and storage. 'Resolutions' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Nearly £2,000 worse off per person in one year, and close to two million fewer jobs across the UK — Cambridge Econometrics, for City Hall. That is what being outside the EU costs. 'This Too Shall Pass' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Free school meals now cover every child in a Universal Credit household. But holiday clubs did not move with them: a child newly eligible this month does not get a HAF place. 'A Kind Of Hope' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

None of it dramatic. All of it the difference between good news in August and protected land by the spring. northnorthantslibdems.org.uk/campaigns/pen-green-lakes #PenGreenLakes

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Three things now: Local Green Space designation in October, an ACV nomination, and tree preservation orders. Metropolitan Housing Trust's answer would help, but we are not held up waiting for it.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Agreed in principle is a door held open. It is not a transfer, a contract or a promise. #Corby

Open fields at Pen Green backing onto housing: in principle is a door held open, not a transfer.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

17 June — Ed Davey tells Andy Burnham and “whoever the next PM may be” to drop the red lines. 20 July — Burnham becomes PM. 24 Aug — Downing St rules them out again. He was asked. 'Undertow' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Alex Bailey is our Liberal Democrat candidate for the Corby West by-election on Thursday 1 October. Alex backed the knife bin coming to Corby town centre, is pushing for trains north from Corby, and is campaigning to bring the town's fireworks back. Corby demands better.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In and around Corby, 1 in 19 burglaries ends in a charge. Out past Weldon and Deene, 86% never find a suspect. Officers turn up — it is the investigation behind them that needs paying for. 'This Too Shall Pass' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

£5 a month more from 1 October, just as the heating goes back on. All of it is gas; electricity only looks steady because VAT came off, and that is set to run out in March. #Corby

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The Government wants fly-tippers to clear up their own mess. Good. But it says mayors should lead, and Corby hasn't got one. The gangs dumping in our countryside are beyond any council — that needs the National Crime Agency.

Equality green graphic. Large white headline reads: Their waste plan runs through mayors. We haven't got one. Beneath: council officers issued 39 fly-tipping fines here in three months, under existing powers; the organised gangs are beyond any council; Ministers left the National Crime Agency out.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Congrats on your GCSE Results today! No matter what, you've done yourself proud.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

£17.1m on independent special school places this year. The same 227 children in local school places: about £5m. £72,000 a place against £22,000. Corby & East Northants has the authority's best ratio of early help — still below England's. Build the places here.

Graphic contrasting £17.1m paid this year for independent special school places with £5m, what the same 227 children would cost in local school places. £72,000 a place against £22,000.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

October's Local Plan consultation is what turns this into protection a future owner cannot undo. northnorthantslibdems.org.uk/campaigns/pen-green-lakes #PenGreenLakes

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It is not a transfer. Metropolitan Housing Trust also holds an interest in the land and has not yet replied, and the site still carries no designation of any kind.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

What changed was the ask. Homes England is a public body with best consideration obligations, so it cannot lawfully gift land. Every previous approach asked it to do exactly that. This one put a proposition instead.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Homes England has agreed in principle, in writing, that Pen Green should become a community asset for #Corby. First time in twenty years the answer hasn't been no. #PenGreenLakes

Pen Green grassland with the Corby skyline beyond: agreed in principle, not yet agreed in law.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

7,623 disabled people in Corby and East Northamptonshire rely on PIP. Reform would scrap it as it exists today. Cash gone for most. Means-tested for the rest. Liberal Democrats will defend the most vulnerable.

Reform turquoise graphic. Large white text reads 7,623 disabled people here rely on PIP. Beneath: Reform would scrap it as it exists today, cash gone for most, means-tested for the rest. A cut-out photograph of Nigel Farage laughing fills the right of the frame.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

31.9°C — the average maximum NHS ward temperature in July. The safety limit is 28°C. #Corby has urgent care at Willowbrook, but our main hospital still heats on rented temporary boilers. Replacement due autumn 2027.

Community magenta graphic. Large white text reads 31.9°C, the average maximum ward temperature in July. Below: the NHS safety limit is 28°C, our main hospital still heats and supplies its hot water from rented temporary boilers, and its replacement is not due until autumn 2027.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

One of the lakes at Pen Green is a cracked, empty bed right now. That is a balancing lake doing its job. The problem is the swing — driest July on record, and in winter this same ground is what protects Stephenson Way.

Aerial photograph looking down at a dried lake bed at Pen Green, Corby, the pale grey mud cracked into a dense mosaic of plates. Overlaid text reads: A balancing lake doing its job.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

North Northamptonshire reviewed all four growth towns. Wellingborough went first, Kettering follows if funding allows, Corby waits on the budget. Our high street can’t wait its turn. Give councils real powers, and scrap the failed business rates system.

Magenta graphic reading 'Fourth in the queue.' Above a diagonal cut, a photograph of the empty pedestrian walkway at Willow Place, Corby.

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