Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
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13 Sep 2023
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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
Working carers 'to keep benefits'
People who care for elderly relatives will no longer have their benefits cut if they get a job under government plans, Harriet Harman has said. The women's minister told a newspaper she wanted to make it easier for carers to have a job at the same time.
29 Feb 2008
Blunkett urges factory reprieve
Former Home Secretary David Blunkett has called for a reversal of Aberdeen City Council's decision to cut funding for a factory for the disabled. Mr Blunkett said he was "deeply disturbed" that the Glencraft workshop faced closure. Speaking in Aberdeen, he said disabled workers needed to feel valued.
29 Feb 2008
NHS care pleas after peer's death
Concerns about the NHS care of a disabled hereditary peer who died in a Berkshire hospital are to be referred to the Health Secretary. Crossbencher Baroness Darcy de Knayth, 69, who was wheelchair-bound after a car accident, died at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough on Saturday.
29 Feb 2008
PMQs: Clegg challenges Brown over mental health services
Nick Clegg questions the Government's "half measures" on mental health
29 Feb 2008
Council Should Follow Marks & Spencer's Lead and Take Action on Shopping Bags
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have welcomed Marks and Spencer's move to charge five pence for every shopping bag, and have called upon the council to follow its lead and take action to reduce the environmental impact of single-use bags.
28 Feb 2008
Post Offices: Ministers accused of hypocrisy of anti-closure campaigns
Several cabinet ministers have been accused of "rank hypocrisy" for campaigning to save post offices in their constituencies, despite the Government's decision last year to back the closure policy. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and Justice Secretary Jack Straw are among those criticised.
28 Feb 2008