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
"Line of Fire": The autobiography of Brian Paddick, Lib Dem Candidate for Mayor of London
Brian Paddick's autobiography Line of Fire is due out on 25th March, and can now be pre-ordered from the Shepway Lib Dems shop at www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/amazonshop
7 Feb 2008
Rochdale Council to end battery egg use
Rochdale Council Leader Alan Taylor has announced that Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council will no longer use battery eggs.
7 Feb 2008
Wera Hobhouse wears 'rubbish' dress at council meeting!
Rochdale Council's Environment Cabinet Member, Councillor Wera Hobhouse, lightened the atmosphere of a sometimes tense and at times tedious council meeting in a debate on recycling and alternate weekly collections by cutting a pretty picture sporting a 'rubbish' dress made by primary school children!
7 Feb 2008
Environment boss calls for end to scaremongering
Rochdale Council Environment Cabinet Member Councillor Wera Hobhouse has called for an end to scaremongering over alternate weekly collection. Councillor Hobhouse said: "I am sick of certain council members making bold claims to the media about being 'inundated' with complaints from residents. The reality is that when I question the Council's Environment Department or our Call Centre these complaints are simply not passed on. The scheme is not perfect but we can all improve it by reporting any problems to the Council. It is only by doing this that we can improve our service.
7 Feb 2008
If you pay peanuts you get monkeys
I was delighted to read in the Advertiser last week that our council has at last summoned the courage to increase its councillors' allowances to a realistic professional level - as independently recommended.
JOHNGSTEWART
7 Feb 2008
"One size fits all" back-to-work programmes failing hard to reach groups - Alexander
Commenting on today's Public Accounts Committee report Helping people from workless households into work, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Danny Alexander said:
7 Feb 2008