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
Budget is a 'Great Green Cop-out' - Clegg
Today's Budget is a green cop out which kicks the difficult decisions on environmental taxes into the long grass, Nick Clegg has said. He also accused the Government of doing nothing to help millions of hard pressed families struggling to make ends meet. Among the proposals in what has been widely seen as a dull Budget are:
12 Mar 2008
"Follow Essex's Lead On Post Offices" Say Lib Dems
Liberal Democrats at North Yorkshire County Council are asking the ruling Conservatives to look at what Essex County Council are doing to try to save Post Offices.
12 Mar 2008
Thousands say: "Save Our Post Offices"
The Liberal Democrats have today presented a petition of over 50,000 signatures calling on Gordon Brown to reverse his Government's savage Post Office closure programme. In Shepway, 5 Post Offices have recently been axed and the main Folkestone Post Office will be closed with services moved to whsmith in Sandgate Road.
12 Mar 2008
Swearing allegiance will not make people fell like citizens
A report commissioned by Gordon Brown on British citizenship has suggested that school-leavers should be encouraged to swear an oath of allegiance to Queen and country. Report author, ex-attorney general Lord Goldsmith, says it would give teenagers a sense of belonging. Council tax and student fee rebates are suggested for people who volunteer - as well as a "Britishness" public holiday.
12 Mar 2008
Lib Dems reverse controversial waste charge
From April, the controversial charge to removed bulky waste will be removed. The controversial £18 charge had been blamed for the number of fly-tipping incidents in the Borough.
12 Mar 2008
Mehdi turned away by the Netherlands
DELGA are disappointed to learn that Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian who fears he will be executed if he is deported back to his home country, has had his claim for asylum in the Netherlands overturned. Mehdi fears for his safety if he is returned to Iran, where he says his boyfriend named him as a partner before being executed.
11 Mar 2008