Election's off, but Liberal Democrats in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton promise to keep on campaigning.

2.13.50pm BST (GMT +0100) Tue 9th Oct 2007

Liberal Democrats in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton have announced they will carry on with their local campaigning despite the decision of the Prime Minister not to hold an election this autumn.

Local Liberal Democrat campaigners have been delivering newsletters and calling on local residents throughout the summer and early autumn as well as organising hospital marches in the two towns.

Simon McDougall, leader of Arun's Liberal Democrats, at a meeting of members in Bognor said, "The Liberal Democrats are not just around when there is an election coming up. We campaign all year round".

"Gordon Brown ramped up expectation of an autumn election and only backed off when he realised his majority in Parliament would disappear".

"The Liberal Democrats in Bognor and Littlehampton however are not disappearing. We will keep on campaigning. While the other parties close down for the winter following Mr Brown's announcement, the Liberal Democrats are already hard at work writing our next community newsletters to keep residents in touch with what is happening in Bognor and Littlehampton."