Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
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
What's the story on spending cuts?
Lib Dems recognise many people are very unhappy about the government spending cuts - but we hope people recognise that they are not being made as a vote-winning exercise, they are being made because the country simply can't afford to go on borrowing billions upon billions of pounds every day to pay the bills.
30 May 2011
North Chelmsford councillor ends busy year as Mayor
Alan Arnot's term as Chelmsford Mayor has now ended. He attended over 300 different events and told the recent council meeting that this pace of events made it feel like the shortest year of his life. Cllr Arnot (Lib Dem councillor for Patching Hall ward) also raised over £30,000 for the Essex Air Ambulance during the year. (You can still donate online on their website.)
28 May 2011
LIBG and Chinese Liberal Democrats forum with Martin Jacques
Martin Jacques, author of When China Rules the World, addressed a 23 May forum held jointly by Liberal International British Group and the Chinese Liberal Democrats.
28 May 2011
Concerned that Twinwoods Incinerator Decision to be Taken as far from Communities Affected as Possible
I was dismayed to learn this week of the decision that the final determination of Biogen Power Ltd's application to build a new waste gasification incinerator atTwinwoodsBusinessParknear Milton Ernest will be made inWhitehallby a Government Minister. The proposals were turned down by the Council's planning committee in March, much to the delight of the large number of local residents who have expressed their concern about a range of issues, not least the number of lorry journeys over local roads which would result. Biogen Power Ltd appealed against the planning committee's decision, and the Planning Inspectorate recently conducted the appeal, with an independent planning inspector due to make the final decision in the coming weeks. It came as a surprise, then, when the Council received a letter earlier this week from the Planning Inspectorate which stated that the "the Secretary of State hereby directs that he shall determine this appeal instead of an Inspector."
27 May 2011
Superfast broadband gets a step closer to Wiltshire
Wiltshire Liberal Democrats congratulated the Council on the announcement that £4million of the government's rural broadband funding scheme had been allocated to our county.
27 May 2011
MP welcomes news that forest panel could suggest to buy more woods rather than sell them off
The news that the independent chair of the review of forests could suggest that government actually bring more forests into public ownership has been welcomed by South Lakes MP Tim Farron.
27 May 2011