Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
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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
Patients 'denied prostate drug'
A charity for men with prostate cancer says many face a "titanic" struggle to be prescribed an approved drug. Taxotere can improve the quality of life of patients in the later stages of the cancer, and prolong their lives.
3 Nov 2006
New Kent scheme plans to give new confidence to Shepway shoppers
Kent County Council's Trading Standards Service will shortly be launching the 'Buy with Confidence' good trader scheme to traders who wish to join.
3 Nov 2006
Lib Dems petition as Ettingshall Park set to lose bus service
Travel West Midlands has decided to reroute bus service 223 back though the Beacon Hill Estate missing out Ettingshall Park. Springvale Liberal Democrats fought hard for to get the service to run through Ettingshall Park and only found out by chance that it was to be rerouted from November 26th. There has been no consultation with residents or elected councillors. Cllr Richard Whitehouse said, "This is diabolical, the service is far better used now than it ever was before so I do not think the alteration has been done for sound commercial reasons. Some people on Beacon Hill Estate got their Labour MP to make representations to Travel West Midlands."
3 Nov 2006
Dundee Liberal Democrats say ageist Housing Benefit policy must be reformed
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Friday 3rd November) lent their support to the campaign by Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions Spokesperson, Danny Alexander MP, to have housing benefit rules which discriminate against the under-25s abolished.
3 Nov 2006
Alzheimer's progress 100 years on
One hundred years since Alzheimer's disease was first described, scientists are still struggling to find a cure for it, a group of experts has said. There is much that can be done to dampen its effects, but the prospect of defeating the disease remains elusive, they say in the Lancet medical journal.
3 Nov 2006
Safety cash for mental unit women
Mental health units in England are to get £30m to improve the safety of female patients and cut the numbers of sexual assaults, the government says. A report by the National Patient Safety Agency earlier this year said there had been 19 allegations of rape.
3 Nov 2006