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.
Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell MP has unveiled plans to protect and improve our environment with a major "green tax switch". The party wants to cut income tax for everyone, and take millions of the least well off out of income tax altogether, whilst instead taxing pollution more heavily.
The Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council opposed the Conservative administration's original proposals to cut funding to Surrey voluntary organisations to the tune of £838,000, because of its likely adverse impact on the most vulnerable Surrey residents. Subsequently, the Conservative administration has announced revised plans to make cuts of between £213,000 and £550,000.
The Liberal Democrat group on Surrey County Council rejected the Surrey Waste Plan when it was presented at a recent full council meeting. The group stood firmly by its position from last Autumn that the Waste Plan was a "flawed" document. Only the 10 Liberal Democrat councillors at the meeting voted against the recommendation that the Waste Plan - which sets out the County's position on suitable sites for waste treatment - should be sent forward for consideration by the government.
Yesterday Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Menzies Campbell delivered a keynote speech at the Annual General Meeting of the CBI. Sir Menzies said "Underlying the Government's growing problems is a fundamentally flawed approach to management which rests on controlling everything from the centre."
The five Cornish Liberal Democrat MPs have written to John Fingleton, Chief Executive of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), demanding a statement about the continuing scandal of banks ripping off their customers with unlawful default charges to the tune of billions of pounds each year.
Matthew Taylor, one of the Liberal Democrats' most experienced MPs, has rejoined the Party's Shadow Cabinet. His role is to beef up and coordinate policies for poorer communities, as Shadow Minister for Social Exclusion.