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
Free May Half Term holiday play events announced
The Mobile Activity Programme are free family play run by Shepway Council and funded by the Big Lottery and take a range of activities to venues across the district.
13 May 2009
Keys Hall belongs to local people
The Conservative administration of Brentwood council has pretended for years that Keys Hall is "surplus to requirements", so it came as no surprise to me that Mr Maza's efforts to save it (Gazette, 29 April) fell on deaf ears.
JH
13 May 2009
Sainsbury's Profit Announcement Reinforces Need for Supermarket Regulator-Farron
Sainsbury's today announced underlying their profits have risen 11 per cent in a year to £542m as sales increased with more people buying from cheaper product ranges. Liberal Democrat Defra Spokesperson Tim Farron MP has reiterated his call for an Independent Supermarket Regulator to ensure these profits are passed on to farmers.
13 May 2009
Defra forced to return £200million in farm payments to EU
Figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed that Defra has been forced to return more than £200 million to the European Union over the last five years for breaches of the UK's Common Agricultural Policy requirements.
13 May 2009
"Residents must be given fair hearing over windfarm proposals" - Farron
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has demanded that the views of local residents are not ignored over plans to build a windfarm at Sillfield near Kendal.
13 May 2009
Lib Dem Euro Candidate calls for Mutual Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships in the EU
Jonathan Fryer, the Number 2 Liberal Democrat candidate for London in the forthcoming European elections, has launched a campaign to have same-sex partnerships mutually recognised by all the European Union countries that have them.
12 May 2009