Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
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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
Dundee Liberal Democrats slam "green cop out" Budget
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Friday 14th March) said that this week's Budget was a "green cop out" which kicks the difficult decisions on environmental taxes into the long grass.
14 Mar 2008
Residents Win On Zebra Crossing
Thanks to the many residents who signed petition forms, Lib Dem Councillor and local resident Philip Goldenberg was able to persuade last week's Local Committee to bring forward the safety audit of the dreadful junction of White Rose Lane and Heathside Crescent.
14 Mar 2008
Youth Service U-turn After Sustained Lib Dem Pressure
Surrey Liberal Democrats have welcomed the lifting of the County's freeze on Youth Service recruitment, highlighted in recent months by County Councillor Diana Smith Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Schools and Learning.
14 Mar 2008
School Admissions Update
The schools admission process is a long haul for parents, with applications made in the autumn and places only now being offered for this coming September, 2008. At the same time Surrey County Council has been going through the equally long process of deciding how school places will be allocated for September 2009.
14 Mar 2008
Report shows ID Card scheme should be scrapped
MPs are criticising the "lax standards" of government departments in protecting personal information. A report, from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, comes as details, released through the Freedom of Information Act, have revealed how many of those departments lack basic systems to comply with the Data Protection Act. A survey of 14 departments by the British Computer Society, published today, revealed that none of them had statistics of how many errors were on their database, nor had a budget to correct them.
14 Mar 2008
Widening health inequalities are Labour's most shameful NHS failure
Health inequality as measured by life expectancy and infant mortality has got worse since Labour came to power, a government report said today. Babies born to poor families now have a 17% higher than average chance of dying, compared to a 13% higher than average chance 10 years ago. And the life expectancy of people living in poverty has fallen further behind the average, particularly for women since around Labour's election.
14 Mar 2008