Responding to the Prime Minister's announcement on fully reopening the economy, Bromsgrove Lib Dems have issued a plea not to forget about excluded businesses. Hundreds of Bromsgrove businesses have been unable to access support, despite the severe impact on trading over the last 16 months.

Bromsgrove District Council has handed out £33 million in business support grants since the beginning of the pandemic, and yet since November 2020, over 400 businesses in the district have been rejected from accessing support. Now the Lib Dem Group are calling for greater scrutiny of the reasons why, and a clearer appeals process for those who have missed out.

The Liberal Democrats are now the largest opposition party in Worcestershire and have made significant progress in Bromsgrove with the party electing their first ever county councillor in the district.

Liberal Democrat Joshua Robinson gained the Bromsgrove Central seat from the Conservatives with 1,333 votes.

There are many reasons to cast your vote for the Liberal Democrats on May 6th. Here are just six of them:

1. Tackle Chronic Congestion

With over 1,800 new homes set to be built on the outskirts of our town centre we need better infrastructure to tackle congestion. Lib Dems have been fighting for a Western Relief Road consistently and will continue to do so.

Bromsgrove Liberal Democrats expressed their disappointment at the Conservatives' failure to support a motion at Wednesday's Bromsgrove District Council meeting to give the go ahead to a feasibility study into the development of a Western Relief Road to ease congestion in our town.

The group said they were grateful to Bob Powell who presented a 5,000 signature petition to council and especially to the members of Whitford Vale Voice for their years of tireless campaigning.

Candidates for the Bromsgrove Liberal Democrats are demanding a Western Relief Road to ease chronic congestion on the A38 in the town centre and pledge to fight tooth and nail for one in Worcestershire County Council's council chamber if elected in May.

After breaking onto Bromsgrove District Council at the last local elections the Lib Dems placed a council motion to assess a Western Relief Road but this was voted down by the Conservatives.