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
Parliamentary Debates and Santa!
Recently a debate was held in Parliament on the threat to Britain's inland waterways posed by Government funding cutbacks. I took part in the debate so that I could highlight the fantastic job that has been achieved by local volunteers in Chesterfield. They have turned Chesterfield Canal from a stagnant ditch in 1979 (when I first lived at Tapton), into the thriving canal of today with working narrow boat and well used by walkers, cyclists, fishermen and birdwatchers. A linear green lung as I described it in Parliament.
PHMP
2 Dec 2008
Balderstone College/Springhill High School merge will go ahead in 2010
The combining of Balderstone Technology College and Springhill High School has been given the green light for 2010.
2 Dec 2008
Government must ensure AIDS eradication efforts properly supported - Moore
Speaking on World AIDS Day, Liberal Democrat Shadow International Development Secretary, Michael Moore said: "The AIDS pandemic is one of the most significant public health challenges of our time. Meeting the Millennium Development Goals of ensuring universal access to treatment by 2010, and reversing the spread of the disease by 2015, will require a sustained commitment on the part of the international community."
1 Dec 2008
Anger at National Express's inflation busting fares increase
Brentwood's Liberal Democrats are demanding that National Express East Anglia abandons its plans to impose a 6% in the price of regulated fares, season tickets and saver tickets.
1 Dec 2008
STOP PLANS TO CENTRALISE FIRE COMMAND
Plans to centralise Cornwall's fire command centre in Somerset have been condemned by Truro and Falmouth PPC Terrye Teverson.
1 Dec 2008