Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
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
Fuel poverty hits families with disabled children hardest
The Every Disabled Child Matters campaign has added its voice to national charity Contact a Family's call on government to give families with disabled children a winter fuel allowance, which would match that currently paid to pensioners.
8 Feb 2008
No-one should wait longer than 13 weeks for mental health treatment
Thank you all for being here and thanks also to the Guardian Public Services Summit for their kind invitation to speak today. As you know, the theme of this year's Summit is how relationships are altering, and dynamics are changing, in the delivery of public services. Today's public service providers are returning to that theme again and again.
NC
8 Feb 2008
Call on Conservative MPs to explain failure to oppose poor deal for Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council.
LIBERAL Democrats in Hinckley & Bosworth are calling on local MPs David Tredinnick and Stephen Dorrell to explain why they sat on the fence when a cash settlement for Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council that is below the average rise given to other councils was agreed by the House of Commons.
7 Feb 2008
North East LibDem MSP warns of Council cuts ahead
Speaking today (Thursday 7th February) in the Scottish Parliament, Alison McInnes, LibDem MSP for North East Scotland, refused to throw LibDem backing behind the SNP's local government settlement.
7 Feb 2008
Protection of Council Land from Unauthorised Encampments to Go Ahead as Lib Dem Proposal Gets the Nod
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have welcomed the Council's approval of its proposal for more protection of open space from unauthorised Gypsy and Traveller encampments. £40,000 will now be spent on physical protection of public spaces from unauthorised encampments after the Lib Dems won the backing of the council for the work at last night's budget meeting.
7 Feb 2008
Liberal Democrats call for Government to come clean over bugging allegations
Justice Secretary Jack Straw is facing calls to explain himself after he revealed that he had been told in December that Labour MP Sadiq Khan had been meeting terror suspect Babar Ahmad at Woodhill Prison in Milton Keynes in December. Officials have conceded that they were aware the meeting might have been bugged although the Justice Secretary insists he was not made aware of this allegation until last Saturday. Mr Straw insisted earlier this week that the eavesdropping operation involving Mr Khan was not sanctioned by ministers.
7 Feb 2008