Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
Partial suspension of arms sales to Israel welcome but government must go further – Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has welcomed the announcement today that the UK government will suspend some arms licences to Israel, but warned that ministers must go further to drive peace talks and...
2 Sep 2024
Birmingham
There's so much joy to be had in browsing a shelf of books
You don't have to read every book cover to cover, there's joy in browsing or in just reading a chapter, says Cllr Jon Hunt in his open letter. Read on...
2 Sep 2024
Lib Dems call for vote on Winter Fuel Allowance cut this week to avoid ‘damaging public trust’
Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper has written to Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP, the Leader of the House of Commons, demanding that MPs be given a vote this week on the government’s proposed cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance for millions of pensioners.
2 Sep 2024
Scottish councils have decade-long waiting lists for social homes
Scottish Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Paul McGarry has urged the SNP Government to take swift action to tackle Scotland’s housing emergency after new research by his party revealed that people are waiting longer than ten years for social housing
2 Sep 2024
Travel & Transport
Bus campaign successes - Reporting back
Following our success in getting the Y6 re-routed along Beesmoor Road, your Focus team has now saved the 86 service which was due to be moved away from Coalpit Heath.
2 Sep 2024
Robert Brown backs Liberal Democrat push to protect 14,000 pensioners in Rutherglen from Winter Fuel Payment cut
Rutherglen Councillor and Liberal Democrat Group Leader Councillor Robert Brown has backed the Liberal Democrat motion in Parliament to block the new Labour Government’s plans to scrap Winter Fuel Payments for most pensioners.
1 Sep 2024