Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
Liberal Democrats are still fighting to save Cottons' gardens in Earl Shilton. The Cottons' water gardens off Candle Lane are under immediate threat. Cllr David Bill has raised the issue in the local press and is working with local residents to try to find a solution. In any other town in any other part of the country this environmental gem would have received recognition but it will be lost if it is left to our Labour Councillors. We still hope that something can be done but time is running out.
Ministerial aide Jim Devine has become the second member of the government to quit over plans to renew the UK's Trident nuclear weapons. The Livingston MP quit his job as a parliamentary private secretary at the Department of Health. A Labour rebellion is expected in a vote on Wednesday but the Conservatives will back renewal of Trident. The Liberal Democrats say Britain's stockpile of warheads should be cut by 50% but a decision on replacing them should be delayed until at least 2012. The Lib Dems will vote against the government's proposals on Wednesday, with as many as 100 Labour MPs who also oppose renewal.
Following opinion polling information showing the Scottish Liberal Democrats looking set to make huge gains on the regional vote in this May's elections, Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Tuesday 13th March) said that a breakthrough on the North East Scotland regional list was "on the cards".
50% of parents told the Lib Dem survey team that they were concerned about class sizes and would like more teachers.
Two thirds of those people who responded to the recent Burbage Liberal Democrat Residents Survey indicated that anti-social behaviour was a major concern.
Late last year the Burbage Liberal Democrat team sent out a residents survey to over 6000 homes, the largest ever carried out in Burbage. Hundreds of people responded to the survey with their views, producing the first ever comprehensive report on public services in Burbage.