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
MP reveals 91% rise in Council Tax in 10 years - and calls for abolition
Local MP, Tim Farron has revealed figures obtained by the Halifax Bank that show that the level of Council Tax for an average sized property across the country has almost doubled in the ten years since Labour came to power in 1997. The burden on homeowners has therefore increased massively, and the rise is more than three times the level of inflation.
26 Jun 2007
Farron asks Minister to protect older people from abuse
Local MP, Tim Farron used Health Questions in parliament today to ask the Health Minister Ivan Lewis the Department of Health's opinion on the regulations designed to prevent elder abuse. Mr Farron asked the Minister if in light of a Help the Aged report which claims up to half a million pensioners are being abused, the Department consider the guidelines to be stringent enough to prevent such abuse.
26 Jun 2007
Chinese Lib Dems Event: London Day
The Chinese Lib Dems today organised a visit to Westminster with reception hosted by Simon Hughes MP in honour of Anna Lo (Alliance Party) of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Following this there was a tour of City Hall courtesy of Mike Tuffrey, leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on the GLA, and an afternoon visit to Camden Chinese Community Centre and Chinese National Healthy Living Centre.
26 Jun 2007
'PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS: STOP PRH CUTS' - PLEA TO BROWN
Leading local health campaigner, Serena Tierney has written to Gordon Brown asking him to make good on his pledges as he becomes Prime Minister.
25 Jun 2007
EU Summit - Blair threatens Free Market
Tony Blair will today reject Tory calls in the Commons to stage a referendum on the proposals agreed by EU leaders on Saturday. In his last full statement to the Commons, Mr Blair will claim Britain achieved all its aims at the summit. The Prime Minister has given ground on some aspects of the fourth of his four red lines, a foreign policy in which a foreign affairs 'high representative' will have access to the Commission's civil servants. Mr Brown and Mr Blair reportedly had several last-minute telephone conversations after the chancellor expressed his unhappiness at a concession to France which had removed a treaty objective of "free and undistorted competition".
25 Jun 2007
Pistorius gets IAAF green light
Oscar Pistorius can compete against the world's best able-bodied athletes while researchers decide if his prosthetic legs give him an unfair advantage. In March, athletics' governing body introduced a rule banning any runner deemed to benefit from artificial help. But it now appears it has changed its stance, to the benefit of Pistorius. The 20-year-old South African runs using carbon fibre curved blades after his legs were amputated from below the knee when he was just 11 months.
25 Jun 2007