There are a number of business grant and loan schemes mentioned on www.folkestone.works that are currently available to help your business to grow:

No Use Empty loan scheme - If you have a commercial property standing empty and requiring refurbishment in the Folkestone & Hythe district, you may be able to obtain an interest-free loan to bring it back into use for residential and/or commercial mixed-use purposes. Additional funding has recently been announced for this scheme. Click here for further details.

Would you like to win £1,500 in cash in time from Christmas?! That's just one of the prizes in this years Lib Dem Christmas Draw - tickets on sale NOW!

Buying Lib Dem Christmas Draw tickets online at https://libdemdraw.org.uk/folkestone-hythe not only gives you the chance to win yourself a great gift for Christmas but also raises funds for our Lib Dem campaigning here in Folkestone and Hythe too.

At the 2021 Folkestone and Hythe Lib Dems AGM last night, held on Zoom, we the 2022 F&HLD Officers and Executive Committee were elected.

We're delighted to welcome a number of new faces, and a brand new Chair. The 2022 Executive is:

• Chair: Adam Rowledge
• Treasurer: Tim Prater
• Secretary: Alison Pemberton
• Data Officer: Gary Fuller
• Youth Officer: Harry Scott-Sansom

Two knife bins have been placed in Folkestone to give anyone in possession of a bladed object a safe place to dispose of it.

One of the bins is at the Canterbury Road entrance to the Canterbury Road Recreation Ground and the other is near the Payers Park Car Park, off Dover Road.

The scheme encourages anyone with a knife, or any other potential weapon, to dispose of it in these safe places without fear of prosecution.

The Liberal Democrats have called for an independent public inquiry into government sleaze and allegations of political corruption, warning that Boris Johnson's Conservatives are "releasing sewage into our rivers and sleaze into our politics."

The party is also demanding that any MPs under investigation for breaking parliamentary rules should be barred from taking part in Commons votes on disciplinary issues. It comes ahead of an emergency House of Commons debate on parliamentary standards on Monday 8 November, secured by Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain MP.