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.
The decision on whether we should replace the "First-Past-The-Post" system with the Alternative Vote on May 5th will be a defining political moment.
At the launch of the Liberal Democrats' Yes! To Fairer Votes campaign in Manchester, along with over 100 of our local members and supporters. We heard speeches from Floella Benjamin, Simon Hughes MP, John Leech MP and Gordon Birtwistle MP on how incredibly important it is that we win the Fairer Votes referendum.
Extra resources have been put into Lemington to help tackle the problem of litter and fly-tipping. Council workers from several wards have been sent to clean up the area at the top of Union Hall Road and Community
Liberal Democrat campaigners in Brentwood South are calling on the local Health Authority to provide a Doctors Surgery or at the very least some medical services for the residents living on or near the Estates. At present residents needing the Doctors have to either travel into Brentwood or Shenfield for their nearest surgery and this causes a great deal of anxiety and frustration particularly for the many elderly residents in the area who have to use the bus.
On Wednesday this week I attended the formal start of landscaping for the Bedford Rowing and Watersports Lake. In fact, I even had the honour of planting the first tree! The vent was held to mark not only the start of the landscaping, but also the fact that the Bedford River Valley Park enabling development for the Rowing and Watersports Lake is now in the Council's draft Allocations and Designations Plan. The fact that the land is now on course to be allocated for the enabling development, which will feature an extended campus and sports facilities for the University of Bedfordshire and much-needed extra-care retirement homes, is a major step towards the delivery of the lake.
Solihull's Liberal Democrat MP Lorely Burt has expressed her outrage that the previous Labour Government overpaid by nearly 900% on NHS treatment in private clinics across the West Midlands. The West Midlands region under the previous Government paid £14m to private sector operators to carry out operations.