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New Lib Dem mayor of Truro: I’m working out how to use my platform to make others suffer less

By The Voice | Sun 30th May 2021 - 10:55 am

Last week, Liberal Democrat Steven Webb became Mayor of Truro.

Me and my daughter tonight. I have just become the Mayor of Truro. What an honour and privilege. #MayorOfTruro #Mayor pic.twitter.com/q5ybK4yzlq

— Steven Webb (@_StevenWebb) May 17, 2021

A Lib Dem since his teenage years, he was first elected to Truro City Council in 2017.

In 1991, he was paralysed in an accident.

The BBC has done a profile of Steven.

He talked about what he hopes to achieve as Mayor:

In a time where clinically vulnerable people have had to isolate for so long, I see it as an opportunity to make sure there are no groups left behind and we rebuild from the pandemic together.

There are so many people who have self-isolated and have hardly left their flats.

We’ve got to make sure everybody is included – that will help businesses, that will help Truro and that will reduce suffering.

It’s time we had a vision to keep the amazing heritage of cobbled streets and granite pavements but make it open to everybody.

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Posted in News | Also tagged Local government and steven webb | 4 Comments

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