WARRINGTON'S Liberal Democrats have announced their two parliamentary candidates for the General Election.

Leader Cllr Bob Barr (LD – Lymm North and Thelwall) will stand in Warrington South and Cllr Stefan Krizanac (LD – Westbrook) in Warrington North.

Both stood in the same constituencies in the 2015 General Election, with Cllr Barr coming fourth with 3,335 votes and Cllr Krizanac also coming fourth with 1,881 votes.

Cllr Barr said: "On June 8 every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to change the direction of the country and to stop a hard Brexit.

"We offer the people of Warrington a real alternative and a vision for Britain that is open, tolerant and united.

"Theresa May's hard Brexit agenda will be a disaster for the country and risks crashing our economy and leaving us isolated on the global stage.

"The Prime Minister promised on several occasions that she would not call a snap election.

"Yet she broke this promise.

"Since she called it, over 12,000 people have joined the Liberal Democrats and there are hundreds of thousands of people out there who support us and want to change the direction we are headed."

Cllr Krizanac added: "Jeremy Corbyn would be a disaster for the country too.

"The party is hopelessly divided and their leader has no plan for the economy and offers no leadership.

"Every time it has mattered, he has given the Prime Minister a blank cheque on Brexit.

"They plan to reverse the cuts in corporation tax but they have already spent the sum raised many times over by pledging this money in ten different ways.

"We will be honest with people about the bold solutions needed to tackle problems like the crisis in the NHS and social care."