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
Heartless Shepway make residents pay for being victims of crime
Shepway District Council is charging two of its tenants, both of whom are in their 80s, over £70 each for changing the locks to their properties after they had suffered a terrifying attack late last year.
18 Feb 2007
Home of Local Campaigner Vandalised
Local Lib Dem campaigner Gary Fuller was shocked to discover that one of the windows in his flat had been vandalised this week. Gary's central Folkestone flat had a window broken - despite being on the first floor. Commenting on the discovery of a crack in his bedroom window, he said:
18 Feb 2007
Dundee LibDems applaud Nicol Stephen's positive vision for Scotland
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Sunday 18th February) applauded yesterday's keynote speech by Nicol Stephen MSP, Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader, in which he said the party would "to take the next major step forward".
18 Feb 2007
People Power! Weymouth Road Land Sell Off Deferred After Huge Response from Local Residents
A campaign by Cheriton residents and the Liberal Democrats has at least partially paid off after Shepway Council decided, for now, not to proceed with the sale of the area of land between Weymouth Road and the Bowls Club.
18 Feb 2007
Six blind people regain partial sight thanks to 'Bionic eye' implant
Six blind patients have had their sight partially restored by a "bionic eye" surgically implanted on to their retina. Although it restores only very rudimentary vision, the device has proved so successful that its developers are about to begin a study of a more sophisticated version with between 50 and 75 patients.
17 Feb 2007
Disabled people still need a better deal
Britain has got better for many disabled people over the past decade and it is easy to forget that, until recently, there was no such thing as "disability rights". Yet we still need a new agenda because, in some cases, things have got worse. And without action now, the challenges of the coming years will create new patterns of inequality and disadvantage that Britain can ill afford.
17 Feb 2007