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
MP mucks in at local store
Local MP Tim Farron marked National Independent Shops week last week by helping out at Central Stores in Levens. Mr Farron operated the tills and helped to stack the shelves with owner Roger Atfield in an effort to gain an appreciation first-hand of the challenges facing small business owners.
10 Jun 2008
Farron welcomes Council's 'open door' for Home on the Farm project
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the news that South Lakeland District Council have provisionally opened the door for a 'Home on the Farm' type project which he proposed to them recently. The Council have written to Mr Farron informing him that they will recommend a policy be put into action which would see disused rural buildings converted into housing as 'greenfield' developments as long as there was 100% local occupancy and at least 50% affordable dwellings.
10 Jun 2008
NHS should be transformed into a People's Health Service - Clegg
Speaking ahead of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has criticised the Government's record of waste and inefficient centralised control in the health service, which has led to widening health inequalities.
10 Jun 2008
Tory leader's 'Apprentice' PR stunt is an insult
The offer of a council job to the runner up of the BBC's 'The Apprentice' has been attacked by the opposition Liberal Democrats as a gimmick and an insult. Tom Smith-Hughes, Leader of the Council's Lib Dem group, said: "This is another sad example of Lord Hanningfield's obsession with headline-grabbing gimmicks. Remember his daft suggestion that a bank holiday should be created around the Oscar win by Essex girl Helen Mirren?
10 Jun 2008
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO SAVE POST OFFICE
GREG, KAREN, and DOREEN have been campaigning on behalf of residents to save the Post Office on Newton Road.
10 Jun 2008
Tory leader's 'Apprentice' PR stunt insult
Commenting on Essex County Council leader, Lord Hanningfield's plans to offer a council job to whichever candidate is runner up of the BBC's 'The Apprentice', Tom Smith-Hughes, Leader of the council's Liberal Democrats' group, said:
10 Jun 2008