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
Spinal injury 'bypassed' by nerve
Doctors hope to use the body's own nerves to bridge the gap in the spinal cord left by paralysing injuries. Dr John Martin, from Columbia University, New York, took a nerve leaving the spine just above an injury, and reattached it below.
8 Feb 2008
Inspection report shows young people in transition miss out on services
In its third annual report to Parliament on the state of social care, the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) explores the experiences of people not deemed eligible for social care services.
8 Feb 2008
Fuel poverty hits families with disabled children hardest
The Every Disabled Child Matters campaign has added its voice to national charity Contact a Family's call on government to give families with disabled children a winter fuel allowance, which would match that currently paid to pensioners.
8 Feb 2008
No-one should wait longer than 13 weeks for mental health treatment
Thank you all for being here and thanks also to the Guardian Public Services Summit for their kind invitation to speak today. As you know, the theme of this year's Summit is how relationships are altering, and dynamics are changing, in the delivery of public services. Today's public service providers are returning to that theme again and again.
NC
8 Feb 2008
Call on Conservative MPs to explain failure to oppose poor deal for Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council.
LIBERAL Democrats in Hinckley & Bosworth are calling on local MPs David Tredinnick and Stephen Dorrell to explain why they sat on the fence when a cash settlement for Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council that is below the average rise given to other councils was agreed by the House of Commons.
7 Feb 2008
North East LibDem MSP warns of Council cuts ahead
Speaking today (Thursday 7th February) in the Scottish Parliament, Alison McInnes, LibDem MSP for North East Scotland, refused to throw LibDem backing behind the SNP's local government settlement.
7 Feb 2008