Liberal Democrat campaigners are celebrating a stunning set of local election results after gaining a record 703 seats.

We launched our EU election campaign on Friday with a simple message - every Lib Dem vote is a vote to stop Brexit.

“It seems Sajid Javid will talk about anything to tackle knife crime except the one thing that communities most desperately need: more police officers." ...  Ed Davey MP

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

Salary:  £60,000 - £75,000

Responsible to: 2020 Campaign Committee via Campaign Chair

Hours:  Full time

Tenure:  To 31st May 2020

Location:  Liberal Democrat HQ, Westminster, with travel across London as required

Closing Date: 5pm 7th May 2019. Interviews to be held the weekend of 11th/12th May.

Purpose:

To lead the campaign team and all campaign activity for the London 2020 Mayoral and GLA elections. Working with the Mayoral candidate and a senior campaign steering group, to set the campaign strategy and campaign delivery plan and to drive activity across a full range of fundraising, communications and policy activity. This is an exciting campaign with real potential for unprecedented cut through in London. The tone and ambition set by the campaign director should reflect that from the outset.

The Leader of Sutton Council, Councillor Ruth Dombey, has urged the Secretary of State for Education, Damien Hinds, and Prime Minister to take action on the funding pressures facing Sutton’s schools.

"Far too many young lives are being destroyed by an epidemic of knife crime, and Sajid Javid’s Knife Crime Prevention Orders will do nothing to stop it." - Ed Davey MP

Concerns about changes to the way London Boroughs help fund extra police officers have recently been raised by at City Hall by Caroline Pidgeon AM, the Liberal Democrat Assembly Member.

MPs across the House must face up to the real choice: leaving with the Withdrawal Agreement or retaining all the benefits of staying in the European Union as full members.

Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat Londonwide Assembly Member, has welcomed the decision by English Heritage to finally ensure a Blue Plaque is provided to recognise and celebrate the life of the suffragette Emily Davison.

Ed Davey, MP for Kingston and Surbiton, said “Britain must be far more ambitious on offshore wind, and build on the huge breakthroughs Liberal Democrats achieved on renewable power."