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
Adding up to a new economy - Cable calls for clear focus on advancing maths and science
"Councils should monitor and promote the take-up of A and A/S-level Maths, Further Maths and Sciences by young people as one clear and simple way of focussing on raising the competitive knowledge base and mathematical literacy of their area" Liberal Democrat Deputy and Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable will say on a visit to the Oldham Sixth Form College, rated as one of the best Sixth Form Colleges in the country.
4 Feb 2010
Liberal Democrats launch General Election plans on policing
The Liberal Democrats will today set out their General Election plans to put 3,000 more police out on the beat to cut crime.
4 Feb 2010
A liberal blueprint for the NHS - Lamb
Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb has today [Thursday] published his vision for how the NHS can cope in the current economic climate.
4 Feb 2010
Lib Dems Condemn Council "Snow Tax"
Liberal Democrats in North Yorkshire today attacked the Tory County Council for proposing a council tax increase higher than that which they consulted residents on.
4 Feb 2010
Combat Aircraft programme £9.7 billion over budget
Leon Stedman (EADT 30/1/10) is sadly mistaken if he thinks the British public will continue to accept that a rebuke to a civil servant brought about by a question from an MP constitutes bringing a civil servant to brook is sufficient to address mistakes made. The British public want an end to bonuses to civil servants and quango managers and for serious mistakes sacking should be an option we have in dealing with serious failures, and serious failures we have in abundance.
DC
4 Feb 2010
Minister agrees to consider MPs proposal to help with cost for septic tanks
Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs Spokesman Tim Farron MP, today challenged Secretary of State Hilary Benn to help rural residents pay for the costs of their septic tanks by transferring their responsibility from private residents to water companies.
4 Feb 2010