Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
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
Farron calls on Health Minister to send Review back to drawing board
Local MP Tim Farron has today issued the Department of Health Minister Anne Keen with a request to send Westmorland General Hospital's Acute Services Review back to the drawing board. Speaking in a Westminster Hall debate, Mr Farron stated that the Review had been plagued by a "catalogue of maladministration, procedural flaws, management failures and broken promises".
23 Oct 2007
Cycle bid considered for final!
At 10am today (Tuesday 23 October), the final shortlist of four projects were announced for £50 million of Lottery money. The projects were: the Connect2 project, coordinated by the walking and cycling charity Sustrans, Sherwood Forest, the Eden Project in Cornwall and the Black Country Urban Park.
23 Oct 2007
Hospital boss considered for job scandal!
A woman in charge of an NHS trust where 90 patients died in a superbug outbreak was interviewed for the job of running four hospitals in Greater Manchester including Rochdale Infirmary. Rose Gibb resigned as chief executive of the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust on 5 October before the publication of a critical report.
23 Oct 2007
Government Playing Games with Soldiers Safety
Paul Holmes has today criticised the Government for refusing to answer his parliamentary question on when the newly announced 140 mastiff vehicles will be delivered for frontline use by UK troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
23 Oct 2007
Liberal Democrats launch charter for cleaner hospitals
Almost half of NHS Trusts have dangerously high occupancy rates that put patients at risk of contracting superbugs, according to analysis by the Liberal Democrats. The party has highlighted the figures alongside the launch of the Florence Nightingale Charter for cleaner hospitals. High bed occupancy rates are known to be a significant contributor to the spread of superbugs in hospitals and were mentioned in the report into the outbreak of clostridium difficile at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
22 Oct 2007
CALLING NOTICE Farron to tell Ministers to send Acute Services Review back to drawing board
When: Tuesday 22nd October, 1.30-2pm
22 Oct 2007