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
Denial of referendum on Europe an outrage - Devizes Constituency Lib Dems
A decision by the Speaker of the House of Commons to refuse to have a debate and vote on a Liberal Democrat amendment calling for a referendum on whether to be in or out of Europe has met with an angry response from Liberal Democrats in Wiltshire
26 Feb 2008
Denial of referendum vote on EU an outrage - Clegg
Commenting on today's events in Parliament following the refusal of the Speaker to allow a vote on the Liberal Democrat amendment calling for an in-out referendum on the EU, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said:
26 Feb 2008
Lib Dems Expose Council Error in Dealing with Planning Applications
Bedford Borough Council's current system of delegating planning application decisions from the Planning Committee to officers has been running for nearly four years despite being authorised as only a twelve-month trial back in May 2004, the Liberal Democrats have discovered. The startling revelation confirms that hundreds of planning decisions have been made behind closed doors by council officers using powers that were due to expire in May 2005.
26 Feb 2008
Lib Dems campaign for a 'real referendum' on Europe
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has demanded that the British people are asked the real question on Europe: should we stay in the EU?
26 Feb 2008
Farron questions Minister on affordable housing shortage
Local MP Tim Farron today questioned the Housing Minister Caroline Flint over the crippling lack of affordable housing available for rural areas. In constituencies such as Mr Farron's, where average house prices are around ten times the average wage - an eye-watering £210,000, first-time buyers find it almost impossible to get on the housing ladder.
26 Feb 2008
Farron speaks out against miserly DEFRA Budget
Tim Farron MP, the Liberal Democrat Countryside Spokesman, today spoke out against the paltry rise in the DEFRA budget of just 1.4% (after inflation). This small increase has come in spite of the Government committing several hundred million pounds to flood defences and renewable energy sources.
26 Feb 2008