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
Take on the tax avoiders - says Vince Cable
The Liberal Democrats' Shadow Chancellor has written an article for the Guardian newspaper calling for action against tax avoiders. He wrote, " The British government isn't bankrupt. But it can ill afford to lose tax revenue through large-scale avoidance. There is a substantial structural budget deficit caused by the loss of income from a now depressed and disgraced City over and above the growing deficit born of recession. An important starting point in this crisis is to establish a tax base that is robust and fair, in which everyone is seen to be paying their share.
3 Feb 2009
Council Tax Increase To Be Even Lower Than Expected
It has emerged today that Kent County Council chiefs have proposed a 2.44 per cent council tax increase for the next financial year - 0.41 per cent lower than was originally put forward by the authority last month.
3 Feb 2009
Prudent Cumbrian building societies penalised by Government bank bailout rules
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has backed local building societies who are being forced to pay a disproportionate price to bailout reckless banks.
3 Feb 2009
Better Recycling comes to Epsom - at Last!
The council is expanding its doorstep collection of waste later this month after years of pressure from Liberal Democrats councillors. The first areas to benefit from collection of cardboard and plastic bottles are confirmed as Nonsuch, Stoneleigh, Ewell and parts of Town and College wards.
3 Feb 2009
Increases in parking fees to 'hit hard'
MOTORISTS face a massive above-inflation increase in parking fees.
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3 Feb 2009
Milk price drop proves need for Ombudsman says Farron
Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP has called on the government to press ahead with the introduction of a supermarket Ombudsman in the wake of the decision taken by milk processor Wiseman Dairies, to slash the price it pays to its farmers by 2p per litre.
3 Feb 2009