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
Government dithers whilst fuel poverty persists - Webb
Commenting on the outcome of Ofgem's summit today where energy companies promised to renew their efforts to tackle fuel poverty, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Steve Webb said:
23 Apr 2008
Dundee LibDems say Gordon Brown's reaction on abolition of 10p tax rate "thoroughly inadequate"
Dundee LibDems today (Tuesday 22nd April) criticised as "thoroughly inadequate" Labour's announcement of a review into poverty, following backbench pressure over the abolition of the 10p Income Tax rate.
22 Apr 2008
Poverty Review will not help people hit by tax rise
Gordon Brown's attempt to head off a defeat over the abolition of the 10p income tax band appears not to have won over rebel Labour MPs. 39 have signed an amendment challenging the decision - enough to beat the Government if repeated in next week's Commons vote. Party whips have told MPs a vote against the bill will be a vote of no confidence in the government. During second reading debate on the Finance Bill yesterday, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Yvette Cooper said an inquiry into child poverty would be expanded to include low earning households without children. Labour MPs have continued to criticise the scrapping of the 10p rate. "Gordon Brown should just stand back and say, maybe I didn't quite get the sums right," said Ian Gibson MP.
22 Apr 2008
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Liberal Democrats saw that 10p change meant taxes increase for less well-off
In the current turmoil over the government's removal of the 10p tax threshold, voters have the right to ask: why didn't anybody notice at the time, when the measure was first brought in by Gordon Brown, then Chancellor, in the 2007 Budget.
22 Apr 2008
Bionic eye 'blindness cure hope'
A 'bionic eye' may hold the key to returning sight to people left blind by a hereditary disease, experts believe.
22 Apr 2008
Trust's treatment based on need
Cornwall Primary Care Trust (PCT) has reassured patients that treatment is based on need rather than personal circumstances. It follows criticism of its treatment of a rape victim who was told he was "too grubby" to be treated. The 50-year-old victim was attacked by Levi Lavers, 19, from Newlyn, Cornwall, after Lavers broke into his home. He was given six years in youth custody.
22 Apr 2008