Eastleigh MP slams Southern Water after latest bill rises
Liberal Democrat MP Liz Jarvis, MP for Eastleigh, has called Southern Water’s announcement that customer bills will rise by 8% this April a “fleecing”.
29 Jan 2026
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Government has strung WASPI women along, says Eastleigh MP after compensation scheme denied
Liz Jarvis MP, Member of Parliament for Eastleigh, has firmly criticised Ministers for ignoring the millions of WASPI women who suffered hardship as a result of changes to the state pension age.
29 Jan 2026
Hampshire MPs: ‘Listen to local people’ on local government reform
A group of thirteen Liberal Democrat, Conservative, and Labour MPs have jointly written to Alison McGovern MP, Minister for Local Government and Homelessness, to urge the Government to accept a proposal for five unitary authorities
12 Jan 2026
Liz Jarvis MP responds to ‘very disappointing but predictable’ road maintenance figures in Hampshire
Member of Parliament for Eastleigh, Liz Jarvis MP, has called on Hampshire County Council to rapidly improve road maintenance in Eastleigh after new Department for Transport reporting graded the authority as ‘amber’ for keeping roads in good condition
12 Jan 2026
Liz Jarvis MP says business rates cut could be “last chance saloon” for hospitality businesses
The Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh, has said it is “absolutely urgent” for Ministers to provide clarity to pubs, hospitality and high street businesses.
9 Jan 2026
Liz Jarvis MP “encouraged” by Government assurance on chalk streams
Liz Jarvis, Member of Parliament for Eastleigh, has welcomed confirmation that the Government will provide explicit protections for chalk streams as part of its overhaul of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
19 Dec 2025
From the Eastleigh Borough Liberal Democrats
1 Jan 1970
Southern Water’s apology is far too late after years of sewage scandal
The Liberal Democrats are calling for water firms to become “public benefit companies,” making environmental goals more important than profits, and making it compulsory for environmental experts to sit on their company boards.
18 May 2023
Conservative MPs for Hampshire block new sewage bill in Parliament
On Tuesday 25th April, the Government blocked a new law which would have clamped down on water firms found to be discharging sewage into rivers, lakes and coastlines.
26 Apr 2023
1,595,670 GP appointments in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in the last year lasted less than five minutes, new research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
The Liberal Democrats are calling on the government to recruit 8,000 more GPs and have set out plans to give patients a legal right to see a GP within 7 days.
25 Apr 2023
2,365 patients face 12-hour A&E waits in Hampshire in only a month
The statistics, released for the first time this week by NHS England, show the number of people who waited more than 12 hours from arriving at A&E to being admitted, transferred or discharged.
14 Apr 2023
Water company dumped sewage 16,688 times in rivers last year
Liz Jarvis, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Eastleigh, has called for a ban on these sewage discharges in protected waters, as well as a ban on water company executives being paid multi-million pound bonuses.
12 Apr 2023
3,494 burglaries in Hampshire were unsolved in the first three quarters of 2023, shocking figures show.
The Liberal Democrats have discovered shocking figures on police attendance of burglaries. Nationally, almost four in ten burglaries in the country did not result in a visit to the scene by a police officer.
6 Apr 2023