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Liberal Democrat energy spokesperson Pippa Heylings called heat-related deaths "avoidable" and said cool hubs were a "common sense idea" that could "provide a refuge for vulnerable people to get away from this stifling, sweltering heat".

In the Commons, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said the UK should freeze any new funding to the French government unless it agrees to take back Channel migrants.

Danny Chambers, the Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester and vet, has the government's support and the law would crack down on the import of dogs and cats that are mutilated or heavily pregnant.

The Liberal Democrat leader of the opposition, Antony Hook, said: "It is bizarre that the leader of the council is making announcements on social media, rather than to the council."

The Liberal Democrat councillor said the council should be organising recycling trucks and garden waste trucks at mobile household waste centres.