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
Labour and Tory MPs reject Liberal Democrat plan to cut crime
A Liberal Democrat plan to cut crime was voted down by 293 votes to 57 in the House of Commons last night. Labour MPs voted against, and Conservative MPs abstained on, a Lib Dem motion proposing a new direction in government policy to deal with the crisis in the criminal justice system. The motion proposed reforming prisons to make education and training compulsory, and triple the number of prisoners doing paid work, with contributions from earnings going towards a victim compensation fund. More use of restorative justice, an expansion of secure mental health facilities and providing more police officers (paid for with the money saved by scrapping ID card) were also proposed.
8 Feb 2007
Dundee LibDems say e-passport problems show ID cards project doomed to failure
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Thursday 8th February) said that a National Audit Office report highlighting flaws with the new electronic passport microchips merely confirmed that the Labour Government's highly expensive ID cards project was "doomed to failure."
8 Feb 2007
Let us ALL Recycle!
Sandgate Road resident Gary Fuller is calling for "doorstep" recycling to be extended to flats.
8 Feb 2007
Carroll publishes Anti-Airport Expansion Ad
Liberal Democrat Campaigner Peter Carroll has published an advert in this weeks Herald newspaper on behalf of the Keep The Marsh Special Alliance (KMSA) against proposals to expand Lydd Airport.
8 Feb 2007
Epping Forest Conservatives warned not 'to throw stones in glass houses'.
With regard to the recent article in the Epping Forest Guardian regarding the cost of the Grange Hill By-election, at a time when more and more people are disengaging with the electoral process the Conservatives are appearing to decide when residents in Epping Forest should be given their right to vote.
8 Feb 2007
Labour Fails To Fund Derbyshire Schools
Commenting on the disclosure of the level of funding per pupil in Derbyshire during Education and Skills Questions today in the House of Commons, Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield said:
8 Feb 2007