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.
RETIREMENT homebuilder McCarthy and Stone has finally won a long-running planning battle over a sheltered housing scheme.
Wolverhampton's Labour-run Council claimed earlier this year to be too strapped for cash to save Compton Baths but seems able to spend over £2.5million on publicity. "Surely this is a case of putting spin before swim?" said Claire Darke, Compton Baths campaigner and Liberal Democrat candidate for Park Ward in next May's local elections.
In his last Prime Minister's Questions as acting Liberal Democrat leader, Vince Cable told the Prime Minister that the 'real disaster' for the government was the continuing tragedy in Iraq. Mr Cable asked: "When he was in Basra this week was he told that 40 women, at least, have been executed for personal immorality? And is this why 173 British troops have died? Transferring power from the fascist regime of Saddam Hussein to the terror of the fascist militia who run the streets of Basra."
Local MP Tim Farron is today writing to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, to urge him to reconsider the recent change in tax rules, which have decreed that Pigeon Racing is not a sport, and thus not eligible for a tax rebate.
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the decision to award £50m of lottery funding to the Sustrans Connect2 scheme after it topped a national poll. The scheme will improve travel in 79 communities, including in South Lakeland, by providing funding for a national network of cycle-paths and walking routes in a bid to move Britain towards more sustainable transport methods.
Local MP Tim Farron presented Esther Klijn, a pupil at Flookburgh primary school with a book token and a certificate at a school assembly after her Christmas card design was selected from the hundreds of entrants. The card featuring Esther's will now be sent to all 40,000 homes in the constituency.