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
Dundee LibDems slam Labour over climate change
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Saturday 3rd March) slammed the Labour Westminster Government for deciding to downgrade the Climate Change Bill promised in the Queen's Speech, to only a draft bill.
3 Mar 2007
SCARBOROUGH & WHITBY LIB DEMS BACK PROPOSALS TO REGENERATE TOWN CENTRES
Liberal Democrats from Scarborough and Whitby will be supporting proposals to give local communities new powers to regenerate town centres, and give local businesses a fairer deal, when they are debated at the party's conference in Harrogate this weekend.
2 Mar 2007
CRIME IN SCARBOROUGH AND WHITBY TO BE DISCUSSED AT CONFERENCE
Liberal Democrats from Scarborough and Whitby are heading to Harrogate this weekend to attend the party's spring conference. And topping the concerns they will be raising will be crime and anti-social behaviour.
2 Mar 2007
LIB DEM CONCERN OVER SCHOOLS IT
Liberal Democrat councillors at North Yorkshire County Council are concerned that school pupils are missing out because of shortcomings in the Council's IT services. There have been reports from across the county of unsatisfactory broadband connections and difficulties for schools in connecting to computer training. Some teachers are now simply not using broadband because the system fails more often than it works. They therefore cannot plan lessons that involve internet work.
2 Mar 2007
TORIES AND LABOUR FAIL TO DEFEND POST OFFICES
Liberal Democrat councillors at North Yorkshire County Council lost their fight last week to get the Council to defend post offices in the county. Earlier this month the Council's Executive and its Care & Independence Overview & Scrutiny Committee both supported a Lib Dem motion opposing any further closures of post offices in the county, subject to a small amendment.
2 Mar 2007
Liberal Democrats say "We Can Cut Crime"
At the Liberal Democrat "We Can Cut Crime" rally, Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell highlighted that over 51 million crimes have been reported in this country since Labour came to power. Menzies Campbell said "Tony Blair's legacy on law and order is one of tough talk, and spectacular failure. Effective criminal justice should deter crime and reform the criminal. But the reality is that Labour has failed on both counts. "Shockingly, we live in a country where less than one in every hundred crimes committed leads to a court conviction. And just as bad, we live in a country where eight out of ten teenage boys reoffend within two years of release."
2 Mar 2007