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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A record 23,706 Crown Court cases in England and Wales were over a year old at the end of June. In Northamptonshire, 258. Every one is someone’s life on hold. Ministers need a real plan to clear the backlog.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bills are forecast to rise £276 a year in January. The Lib Dem Essential Energy Guarantee would save the least well-off fifth of homes around £140 a year, with extra help for every child. 'Amberlight' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This Black History Month, four stories from our own county: a hero of Kirby Hall who made his home in Gretton, a footballer who signed for Northampton, the first Black woman to run for GB at the Olympics, and Wellingborough's first Black mayor. One a week from 12 October. #Wellingborough

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

October is ADHD Awareness Month. Around 2.5 million people in England are estimated to have ADHD — classmates, colleagues and neighbours here in Wellingborough & Rushden. Every Saturday this month: what Lib Dems would do to make support match reality.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Any tax cut has to be paid for. Lib Dems would fund this one from growth — the Commons Library puts the cost at £17bn in year five. Allowance to £15,000, 40p threshold to £56,000, £680 back. 'A Kind Of Hope' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rushden hasn’t had a passenger train since 1959. Wellingborough has the Midland Main Line. How you get to work here depends on which side of that line you live. Lib Dems want £1 bus fares, rail fares cut by 10%, and 12p a litre off at the pump.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hedgerow management was in over 4,300 of 12,200 farm applications, in a window that shut at 15:48 on the day it opened. In the Nene valley that keeps soil out of the river. Publish the 2027 timetable. 'This Too Shall Pass' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“We care. We fight.” Reform have £72 million from two crypto billionaires. We have people in #Wellingborough and Rushden 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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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A new board has never taken a penny off anyone’s water bill. Reported plans would hand water oversight to nine regional bodies run by mayors. North Northamptonshire hasn’t got a mayor. Owned by billpayers. Not run by mayors.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

More than two in five recorded child sexual abuse offences in England and Wales are facilitated online, says the NCA. That needs specialists — not officers pulled off our streets. 'Cirrus' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1 in 10 women say they were left alone at a time that worried them during labour or birth — CQC's own survey. That is what short staffing looks like. 'This Too Shall Pass' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You cannot fix A&E without fixing social care. A patient well enough to leave but with nowhere to go is a bed A&E cannot use. In 2025, 236 people here waited over 12 hours in a hospital chair. 'With These Hands' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

560 new housing register applications a month across North Northants, up 129% in three years. The Lib Dem Bill: 150,000 social homes a year. Not a forecast — a target in law, and a Government accountable for it. 'Resolutions' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Across Wellingborough and Rushden, 1 in 19 burglaries ends in a charge, and three quarters never identify a suspect. Officers come to every one. It is the investigation behind them that needs funding. 'This Too Shall Pass' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Along the Nene valley the problem is rarely just water — it is water at the wrong time. £550m of drought losses on Britain’s farms this year. The reservoir fund is up to £15m for all of England. 'Petrichor' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🍎🍯 Shana Tova to the Jewish community in #Wellingborough and Rushden! 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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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In 2020, our last year of access, half of the 8,466 people arriving by small boat were already flagged on the European asylum database for irregular entry to the EU. We could see that then. We can't now. Home Office officials call getting it back a potential gamechanger.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Voted down this week: one-to-one midwifery, a consultant on every labour ward round the clock, ringfenced maternity funding. One win — Ministers agreed to a statutory Maternity and Neonatal Commissioner. Pressure works. It just has to keep coming.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The free school meals expansion is meals only. Holiday clubs and the extended rights part of free school transport both stay on the old threshold. Lunch — and still no bus. 'A Kind Of Hope' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

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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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A temporary tax cut, or a warm home? The typical energy bill rises £60 a year from 1 October; all of it gas. Electricity only looks flat because VAT came off, set to end in March. #Wellingborough #Rushden

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

£17.1m on independent special school places this year. The same 227 children in local places: about £5m. Wellingborough & Rushden has the authority's lowest ratio of early help — 1.54, against 2.45 across England. Thin help early, too few places later.

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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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Nine people were traced over a 6ft pile of rubbish dumped behind Wellingborough flats. Council officers found them. Organised waste gangs are beyond any council — that needs the National Crime Agency, and Ministers still won't empower it.

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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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

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

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

7,324 disabled people in Wellingborough and Rushden 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 7,324 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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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

31.9°C — the average maximum NHS ward temperature in July. The safety limit is 28°C. #Kettering General, our nearest A&E, still runs its heat and hot water 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 nearest A&E still heats and supplies its hot water from rented temporary boilers, and its replacement is not due until autumn 2027.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Kettering General is the nearest A&E for Wellingborough and Rushden. 35% of everyone admitted there waited over 12 hours for a bed in June and July. Nationally, 12%. Not a heatwave. Worst fifth in England for 16 months.

Orange graphic reading 35% waited over 12 hours for a bed at Kettering General. Above it, a photograph of an ambulance crew member’s hand on the handle of a stretcher trolley at the open back of an ambulance.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

1.54. That's how many children get SEN support in mainstream school for every one holding an EHC plan in Wellingborough & Rushden. England's figure is 2.45. It's the sharpest imbalance in North Northamptonshire. NNC needs to publish a plan.

Graphic reading 1.54 — children get early help for every one on a legal plan. The lowest ratio in North Northamptonshire. England: 2.45. Above, a secondary school pupil sits at a desk with his hand to his forehead.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Our patient watchdog is based right here in Wellingborough, and Kettering General is our main hospital. It reported two never events last year. The Health Bill would abolish every local Healthwatch in England and move patient feedback inside the NHS.

Orange graphic. A nurse in green scrubs with a stethoscope looks off camera with a serious expression, hard-edged on the right. Headline 'Our patient watchdog is in Wellingborough' and text reading 'Kettering General reported two never events last year. We only know because trusts must report them, and the Health Bill puts that at risk.' White panel at the foot with the Wellingborough & Rushden Liberal Democrats lockup.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Across Northamptonshire, police recorded 3,091 online crimes involving children in the two years to May 2026. A US court has ordered Meta to pay $567m over child safety. We need action, not excuses. libdems.org.uk/ageratings

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

3,927 children across Wellingborough and Rushden get free school meals — almost 1 in 4 pupils. Free holiday clubs with a hot meal are running now, up to 16 sessions each. Book: eequ.org/hafnorthants From September more get a school lunch. Holiday places won't follow.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

In the Nene valley around Wellingborough and Rushden, farms face one of the worst UK harvests since 1984 — up to £390m off farm incomes. When the harvest fails, more grain is imported and shelf prices follow. Food is up 30.5% since 2022.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Northamptonshire recorded 1mm of rain or less across the whole of July — a normal July is about 52mm. England's driest since records began in 1836. Only 39% of expected spring rain fell here. Wellingborough and Rushden are growing fast; build for this climate.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Between elections, the work doesn't stop — the A45, whether Stanton Cross delivers the GPs and school places promised, town centres, bins, potholes. Become a free supporter across Wellingborough & Rushden. No fee, no obligation. Link below 👇

Photo collage of Liberal Democrat campaigners across North Northamptonshire, with the strapline Become a supporter for free, today!

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

624 hours of sewage into the River Nene from one pumping station at Chelveston — the worst single site on the whole river. Wollaston 73 spills, Higham Ferrers 57, Rushden 44. Lib Dems would scrap Ofwat for a Clean Water Authority with unlimited fines.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

1,063 hours of raw sewage were dumped in Wellingborough & Rushden in 2025 — even in a year of drought. 216 separate spills, including 624 hours from Chelveston pumping station into the River Nene. Lib Dems want a tough new regulator to end this. #SewageScandal

Graphic on cracked dry earth reading: A year of drought, but the sewage scandal continues. 1,063 hours of raw sewage dumped in Wellingborough & Rushden in 2025.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

22 failed attempts at social care reform since 1997. Cross-party talks have finally begun. Family carers across Wellingborough and Rushden hold this system up. Any deal must put them first, offer care regardless of means, and protect people's homes.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A pothole filled with loose stone isn't a repair — it's a pothole with a delay on it. Wellingborough & Rushden: tell us the worst road on your street. Comment, message, or email WellyLibDems@gmail.com. We'll chase it with the council.

A pothole filled with loose stone beside a kerb, with the words 'The worst road on your street — tell us about it, we'll take it to the council and chase it'.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

New developments keep going up around Wellingborough and Rushden — built to overheat. 73% of people slept worse in this summer's heat. Lib Dems want cooling, insulation and solar as standard on every new home.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Unemployment up and public borrowing at £16bn, per this week's ONS figures. Lib Dem Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper says the economy is still stuck in the slow lane - and it's felt on Wellingborough and Rushden high streets first.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We've published our annual newsletter! Be sure to read all about it.

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On Non‑Binary Day we celebrate everyone in our community who lives beyond the binary 💛🤍💜🖤 Your visibility, courage and joy make #Wellingborough and #Rushden stronger and more inclusive. We stand with you today and every day. #NonBinaryDay

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Wellingborough Liberal Democrats @wellylibdems.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Best of luck to the Three Lions who look to beat Norway in the World Cup quarter finals! 🦁🦁🦁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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