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
New chairman for Folkestone Town Centre Management
Peter Fawcett, a retired chartered builder, has been elected chairman of Folkestone Town Centre Management (FTCM). Previously chairman of the Folkestone Area Partnership Against Crime (FAPAC), an operational arm of FTCM, he succeeds commercial estate agent Andrew Beggs, who stood down after a completing a three-year term in the office but remains a director of the not-for-profit organisation which includes retailers and other businesses.
27 Nov 2008
Labour Fat Cats
Labour Councillors are set to approve an increase in their allowances of 2.45 per cent At the full council meeting this evening - Only a year after agreeing rises of up to 37 per cent.
27 Nov 2008
Conservatives hint at closing public sector final salary pensions
The Conservative Party leader David Cameron has hinted that the public sector's final salary pension scheme could be closed and workers moved into a defined contribution arrangement if the party is voted in to government.
KMK
27 Nov 2008
Cyprus grant of residence to gay Iranian refugee welcomed
Commenting on the case of Abbas Bagherian, the Iranian gay asylum seeker who sought refuge in Cyprus, Liberal Democrat justice and human rights spokeswoman Sarah Ludford MEP welcomed the decision of the Cyprus Minister of the Interior to grant him resident status. She said: "I strongly welcome the decision to allow Mr Bagherian to remain in Cyprus, since a rejection of his application and his return to Iran would have left him vulnerable to imprisonment, torture and in the worst case the death penalty, simply for being gay."
26 Nov 2008
No new car parking for church users
PROPOSALS to turn housing land into car parking spaces in order to ease congestion outside a popular church have been rejected.
PM
26 Nov 2008
CCTV to help fight Bishops Hall problems
CCTV and anti-climbing fences are to be installed at a community hall in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour.
PM
26 Nov 2008