Sep 12, 2008
Reading LIB DEMS put need for better Policing onto Conference Agenda
Reading East’s Liberal Democrat Parliamentary campaigner, Cllr Gareth Epps, has put Reading’s police funding shortages onto the agenda of the Liberal Democrats’ Party Conference for a key debate on crime on Sunday 14th September.
Gareth submitted an amendment on behalf of Reading Liberal Democrats to call for a reassessment of the way Central Government funds Thames Valley Police, in order to tackle longstanding difficulties of police recruitment and retention, and fund the Neighbourhood Policing programme to the extent it is funded in London. The amendment has been accepted into the motion by the movers, and will almost certainly become Liberal Democrat policy.
More than 10 Liberal Democrats from Reading will be attending the Conference at Bournemouth, which runs from today to Wednesday 17 September. They will be attending and speaking into debates as well as fringe meetings and training.
Commenting, Gareth says:-
‘It’s great to be going to the seaside with such a big group of Liberal Democrats – we think it’s the biggest group we’ve ever taken. It just shows how the party locally is going from strength to strength.
‘I’m delighted our amendment has been taken, so we can highlight the very real funding issues faced by Reading police today.’
