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
North East LibDem MSP warns of Council cuts ahead
Speaking today (Thursday 7th February) in the Scottish Parliament, Alison McInnes, LibDem MSP for North East Scotland, refused to throw LibDem backing behind the SNP's local government settlement.
7 Feb 2008
Protection of Council Land from Unauthorised Encampments to Go Ahead as Lib Dem Proposal Gets the Nod
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have welcomed the Council's approval of its proposal for more protection of open space from unauthorised Gypsy and Traveller encampments. £40,000 will now be spent on physical protection of public spaces from unauthorised encampments after the Lib Dems won the backing of the council for the work at last night's budget meeting.
7 Feb 2008
Liberal Democrats call for Government to come clean over bugging allegations
Justice Secretary Jack Straw is facing calls to explain himself after he revealed that he had been told in December that Labour MP Sadiq Khan had been meeting terror suspect Babar Ahmad at Woodhill Prison in Milton Keynes in December. Officials have conceded that they were aware the meeting might have been bugged although the Justice Secretary insists he was not made aware of this allegation until last Saturday. Mr Straw insisted earlier this week that the eavesdropping operation involving Mr Khan was not sanctioned by ministers.
7 Feb 2008
"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