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
Many pupils 'struggling to hear'
Up to a million children are missing out in the classroom because they find it hard to distinguish speech against background noise, a charity has warned. Some 500 of the 2,000 children aged 10 to 14 who took a telephone hearing check had the impairment, the Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) said. The problem is due to the brain's inability to pick out speech against background noise and corrects with age.
3 Jan 2007
Fatal brittle bone gene is found
Scientists have discovered the cause of a fatal form of brittle bone disease. All forms of the condition, also called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, weaken bones causing frequent fractures. But US National Institutes of Health researchers found a genetic defect in a protein which helps produce collagen causes a fatal form of the disease.
3 Jan 2007
Check your hearing, workers told
The TUC and the Royal National Institute for Deaf People have called on workers to make checking their hearing a New Year's resolution.
3 Jan 2007
Mental illness drug payments call
Paying people with severe mental illnesses to take medication may encourage some to stick to their drug regime, a team of London doctors says. They have quoted four cases where payments reportedly increased use of medication and cut hospital admissions.
3 Jan 2007
Nick Clegg's New Year message about crime
Ahead of the Liberal Democrats' major campaign on crime in 2007, Shadow Home Secretary Nick Clegg sets the scene:
3 Jan 2007
Gurkha Justice: The Gurkha Citizenship and Pension Campaign
The Liberal Democrats have placed a petition on the website of the Prime Minister for Gurkha Justice. Despite winning a pledge from the Government in 2004 to offer citizenship rights to Gurkhas, the Home Office continue to block and delay many applications. Gurkha pensions are also between 1/8th and 1/6th that of comporable service pensions. If you feel that this treatment of retired Gurkha soldiers who have fought for and served Britain is wrong, please sign the petition on the 10 Downing Street web site.
3 Jan 2007