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
Chesterfield Canal threatened by Government incompetence?
On Saturday 18th November, as last year, I attended the launch event of this year's Santa Special on Chesterfield Canal at Tapton Lock. Great fun for children who in the run up to Christmas can meet Santa while having a canal boat trip. But also a good fund raiser for the fantastic team of volunteers who have given up so much of their time to reopen the canal.
PHMP
20 Nov 2006
Labour "totally fails" on climate change, say Dundee LibDems
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Sunday 19th November) slammed the Tony Blair Labour Government for failing on climate change.
19 Nov 2006
Plan to beef up mental health law
The government is pushing ahead with plans to toughen up 23-year-old laws governing the treatment of people with severe mental health problems. Ministers want to amend rules to allow people with untreatable personality disorders to be detained even if they have not committed a crime. The new bill also suggests beefing up powers to ensure patients have therapy once they are back in the community.
19 Nov 2006
Call centre staff 'hearing risk'
Two thirds of UK call centres fail to protect their workers against hearing damage from noise, a report warns. Experts will tell an acoustic safety conference in Glasgow many of the 900,000 call centre staff are at risk. They are set to say increasing numbers of injuries and illnesses are being caused by acoustic shock and other noise related hazards.
19 Nov 2006
Better Alzheimer's test developed
A new test may help researchers understand why a toxin builds up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Amyloid beta protein accumulates in the brain in Alzheimer's disease but whether the body produces too much or cannot break it down is unclear. But by labelling the protein with a carbon isotope, doctors can measure the rate of turnover, a report in Nature Medicine suggests.
19 Nov 2006
Banks accused of excluding poor
A group of influential MPs has accused banks of treating people on low incomes like "second class citizens". The Treasury Select Committee estimates that eight million people are excluded from financial services.
19 Nov 2006