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
Tories reject proposal to increase recycling
Conservatives at Essex County Council have rejected a call to increase recycling targets across Essex. At a meeting of the council today (17 July), the Liberal Democrats group proposed that the council sets ambitious and firm recycling targets which the Conservatives voted against.
17 Jul 2007
Liberal Democrats propose 4p cut in income tax
Radical tax plans that will take the basic rate of income tax to its lowest level since 1916 have been unveiled by the Liberal Democrats.
17 Jul 2007
Special Olympics
Leicester has been named as the city that will host the next Special Olympics National Summer Games in 2009.
17 Jul 2007
Disability charity faces closure
A Lancashire charity which has been providing support for people with profound disabilities for more than 50 years is facing closure. Preston and District Scope runs a centre on Eldon Street and also supports families across the region. About 200 families receive support from the charity in the form of classes, activities and advice. Those who run the centre say people assume they receive cash from the Scope national charity which is not the case.
17 Jul 2007
Retrial of disabled boy refused
A County Durham sex case has prompted a High Court judge to question whether mentally disabled people should be prosecuted in the criminal courts. Lord Justice Hughes made the comment while hearing an appeal centred on a 13-year-old boy accused of groping another disabled teenager.
17 Jul 2007
Disabled man awarded £1m damages
A 28-year-old Teesside man has been awarded £1m in damages after a hospital blunder left him disabled. Anthony Louca was born premature in Middlesbrough in 1979 and was cared for in the town's maternity hospital. He suffered convulsions but was allowed to go home after two weeks. He now has short-term memory loss and cannot work.
17 Jul 2007