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
Mixed-sex mental health warning
Patients detained under the mental health act are often on mixed-sex wards where their safety may be seriously jeopardised, a key report warns. The Mental Health Act Commission also found young people on adult wards, a practice ministers have vowed to end.
1 Feb 2008
Shock News: The Olympics will NOT come to Brentwood
It has been announced today that the 2012 Olympic Games Mountain Biking event is to be moved from Brentwood.
31 Jan 2008
"Thank You" to those who made the Park Perries Mead Christmas Party Possible
Park Ward Folkestone Town Councillors, Bev Rolfe, Maggie Sheldrake and Lynne Beaumont, in conjunction with Broadmead Village Residents Association, held a Community Christmas Party for Park Ward residents in Perries Mead on Friday 7th December with the aid of a Town Council ward grant.
31 Jan 2008
Government failing to hit targets as Carbon Dioxide emissions fall by just 0.1%
Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 0.5% in the UK last year, new figures showed today. The figures, released by Defra, showed that carbon dioxide levels, which make up about 85% of the UK's total greenhouse gas emissions, stayed virtually the same, with a 0.1% fall.
31 Jan 2008
"British meat should be labelled as British" - Farron tells Minister
Liberal Democrat spokesman for the countryside and MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron used DEFRA questions in the House of Commons today to press Ministers to make it illegal to label as British anything other than meat produced entirely in Britain.
31 Jan 2008
Local MP celebrates the work of the Land Girls - and encourages local Land Girls to come forward to collect their badge
Earlier this week DEFRA made available badges to surviving members of the Land Girls, to recognise their achievements. Today, Local MP Tim Farron posted an Early Day Motion, encouraging fellow Members of Parliament to recognise the achievements of the Land Girls, known officially as the Women's Land Army, and their role in Britain's survival through two world wars.
31 Jan 2008