Local barrister and Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson, Judith Rogerson, has written to Andrew Jones MP asking him to oppose the Government's plans to break international law through the Internal Market Bill tonight.

Yesterday, Knaresborough Town Council agreed to write to Harrogate Borough Council asking it to fully support the town's 700 year old market and not excessively burden its traders any further fees, following a Liberal Democrat motion.

Today the Government is reducing its furlough support to hundreds, if not thousands, of residents in Harrogate & Knaresborough.

Read Ed Davey's first speech to members as leader of the Liberal Democrats.

The Liberal Democrats are urging the Government to continue furlough support until it is safe and extend support to those who have so far been excluded by the Government.

The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to reinstate free TV licences for over-75s during the COVID-19 crisis, amid concerns that the decision to cut this benefit will leave millions of elderly people without television at a critical time.

A large number of poor quality homes could be a reality as recent planning reforms announced by the Housing Minister, state that new homes in England will be granted "automatic" permission to be built.

Liberal Democrats have, today, launched a petition calling on the Tory Government to abandon their disastrous proposals for a mega council and Executive Mayor, instead bringing decision-making closer to residents.

Judith Rogerson, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Harrogate & Knaresborough, has called on local Conservative MP Andrew Jones to “pledge to defend the rule of law against any attempts by Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings to undermine it.”

An informal meeting of a NYCC scrutiny committee called to discuss a way forward for the Liberal Democrat motion to request Hospital Trusts in the area to continue to provide free on-site parking for NHS staff had to be abandoned when Tory members failed to turn up.