Serving on a committee is one of many great ways you can support the Party, and we are always keen to encourage new talent. The Party website has lots of information in the internal-elections hub.

We have upcoming Federal elections for:

• The Federal President
• The Federal Vice President responsible for working with ethnic minority Communities
• 3 members of the Federal Board (note the reforms to the structure of the Board summarised here)
• 21 members of Federal Council
• 15 members of Federal Policy Committee
• 12 members of Federal Conference Committee
• 6 members of the Federal International relations Committee
• 10 Delegates to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

With our Brighton conference approaching (agenda and registration here), I've recently written the latest report back to conference on the Board's work. Here is a slightly expanded and updated version of that report.

The next general election

With a new Conservative Party leader nearly upon us, the range of plausible dates for the general election is wide open. As it now may well be much sooner than seemed likely at the time of our last conference, the Federal Board has been reviewing our general election plans.

Our next book sale will be held at The Old Dairy, Belvoir Street, Norwich, (opposite No. 23) on Saturday 20th August from 10am to 3.00pm.

We need bold and urgent action to help families pay their bills and heat their homes this winter. There is no other choice.

Families and pensioners across the country are in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis. We have already seen energy bills rise by £700 this year. They simply cannot afford another, even bigger rise of £1,400 in October.

We are delighted to publish a template motion for use in Town Halls up and down the country.

In collaboration with ALDC, the Lib Dem Councillors and Campaigners network, this motion is based on a motion from councillors in Portsmouth.

It, or a locally adapted version, could be put forward by councillors anywhere else. If you're a local Lib Dem councillor we encourage you to table it at your local town hall.

LGBT+ Liberal Democrats, alongside the LGBT groups of the other main political parties, have today sent a joint open letter about the rapid increase in monkeypox infections in the UK to the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care.

Monkeypox infections remain disproportionately among gay, bi and other men who have sex with men, and three quarters of known infections in the UK are in London.

AUCTION

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General Election preparedness

As is our key focus, in our last meeting we continued to discuss our General Election preparedness and planning.

In summary, our plan builds on what worked in the 2019 general election (and previous plans), changes what didn't work, and looks to the future for new ideas and approaches.