The Liberal Democrat Group on North Yorkshire County Council today launches its own website – www.northyorkslibdems.org.uk

The aim is to help keep the public of North Yorkshire informed about what the Lib Dems are doing at County Hall, and to allow local residents to contact their councillors more easily.

The Lib Dem group has 19 members and is the main opposition to the ruling Conservatives at the County Council. Many members come from Harrogate, but there are also Lib Dem councillors right across the county, from places such as Scarborough, Ripon, Airedale, Knaresborough, Stokesley, Whitby, Skipton, Richmond, Settle and Norton.

The website will include a news section, contact details of all councillors and a facility to email the group directly.

County Councillor Bill Hoult, Liberal Democrat Leader at County Hall, explains:

“More and more people are using the internet as a way of communicating and finding out information, and we have to respond to that.”

“We want people to be able to quickly find out what we are doing to hold the Tory administration to account.”

“But more importantly, we want people to be able to contact us easily if they have issues or concerns.”