Cllr Emily Smith 🔶
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Cllr Emily Smith 🔶
@emilysmithLD
Liberal Democrat Councillor for Botley & Sunningwell Ward, and proud parent of two boys and a collie dog. She/her. All views my own.

Cumnor Parish Council is fundraising to buy Cumnor Hurst, after All Souls announced the end of its lease to the Parish Council, who say the college wishes to sell on the open market which may mean loss of access to the Site of Special Scientific Interest. cumnorparishcouncil.org.uk/save-our-cumno…



@tvprp @OxonFireRescue @SCAS999 UPDATE #A34 southbound between the A415 at #Marcham and the A4130 at #Milton #Oxfordshire ROAD CLOSED Diversion info: nationalhighways.co.uk/travel-updates… Traffic within closure is being turned around to exit at the Marcham Interchange. Road is expected to be closed for several hours.













Today’s budget has been nothing short of awful for farmers and food security. Only the Lib Dems are fighting for our farming communities.

LGA Lib Dem Group Leader @joeharrispark with his initial response to the budget. “When it comes to local government it’s a case of meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Austerity remains alive and well.”

The victims of the Chancellor’s Agricultural Property Relief changes will be hardworking tenant farmers. She is incentivising large landowners to enact a new clearances. She must surely have known this? We will strongly fight this disgraceful act.

Local govt sits at the heart of our community, delivering vital services and supporting the most vulnerable. For too long they've been underfunded and overstretched. That's why Oxfordshire's Lib Dem MPs wrote to the Chancellor, urging her to prioritise local govt in the budget.

I've joined fellow @libdems MP in signing @timfarron's letter to the Chancellor calling for greater support for our rural communities in her #budget Vital services need to be protected for families and businesses.






