Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
The crisis in education funding which left schools in Bedford Borough facing a £500,000 budget shortfall must be resolved immediately, the Liberal Democrats have demanded. A government error in forecasting the number of students wanting to stay in education after the age of 16 caused schools and colleges nationwide to be short of funding for sixth form students from September this year. Liberal Democrats have discovered that the blunder saw schools in Bedford Borough entering this financial year at the beginning of April facing a combined shortfall of around £500,000 in their budget allocations.
In a bizarre attempt to abdicate responsibility for their own actions, Conservatives in Windsor & Maidenhead have launched a stunning attack on the Lib Dems in the borough for the Conservative Council's cuts to bus services in Maidenhead.
Angry doesn't even come close.
Liberal Democrats from across the North East are heading to Gateshead on Saturday for their annual spring conference.
Reacting to the Government announcement on the number of Gurkhas that will be allowed to settle in the UK, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg asked "Are there any moral principles left in this hollowed-out Government?"
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary spokesman for Folkestone and Hythe, Neil Matthews, has said he feels "contempt for the Government" today following the Governments announcement that they will not extend citizenship rights to all ex-Gurkhas.