Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
A plan to replace Leicester's area committees with community meetings has been given the go-ahead by the Labour run council.
Local MP Tim Farron, who is a spokesman for the Liberal Democrats on Home Affairs, attended a packed conference organised by the Brathay Hall Trust on gang culture in the UK. The conference sought to assess what is and isn't working in the effort to curb violent crime in Britain.
Local MP Tim Farron has called for fair fares in South Lakeland. Government policy means that South Lakeland tax-payers are forced to subsidise visitors using bus services, but don't get the same free transport access that is available to other areas.
Local MP Tim Farron has today tabled a parliamentary question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer that it is hoped will help clarify the future of the HMRC office in Kendal. It has become clear that other areas are seeing a 'rationalisation' in HMRC offices, meaning that smaller offices are being amalgamated into bigger, regional offices. The office in Kendal is staffed by around 40 people, and those people could face having to move to Carlisle or Preston or lose their job completely.
Councillor Wera Hobhouse is calling for more women to get involved in politics. Councillor Hobhouse was speaking on the 100th anniversary of the election of female councillors - women councillors were first elected in this country at the elections in early November 1907, following the Qualification of Women Act. They started taking office at the first meetings of the new councils, 100 years ago this week. It took another 21 years before women got the same voting rights as men, in 1928.
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen, has praised the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) for they way they dealt with the Streetcred collapse in Rochdale. The FSCS promptly swung into action as soon as the announcement was made. 3,000 customers in Rochdale were affected but many of these have now or about to received their savings.