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
No public access to police stations in Suffolk Coastal
If you live in Suffolk Coastal, then you will no longer be able to go to a local police station to speak face-to-face with a...
31 Jan 2016
Go-Ahead for Schools Two-Tier Move
Bedford Borough's schools will move to a two-tier system, after a unanimous vote of the Council's Executive. The decision...
31 Jan 2016
Europe, a long-awaited goal too precious to lose
"A day will come when you, France... you, Russia... you, Italy... you, England... you, Germany... all you nations of this...
30 Jan 2016
Reaction to Cameron's announcement on unaccompanied children
We are proud of Tim Farron who has said of the Government announcement yesterday to take in some unaccompanied children from Syrian camps but not Europe:
30 Jan 2016
Putting our faith in ‘Leaders’ – There are lessons to be learned
The recent acquittal of the former Executive Head of the Priory Chain of Academies and his Director of Finance appears to have caused a few raised eyebrows in many areas. It is not my intention to pass my own personal judgement on the rights and wrongs of the case. What concerns me more is the fact that the Department of Education considered there to be sufficient grounds to ask the local police to conduct an enquiry which eventually led to a court case that is set to cost the taxpayer a considerable amount of money. This is not the first time that so called 'Super Heads' have made the headlines following revelations about their conduct. If you add to that the affair in 2013 of Lincolnshire's Acting Chief Constable, who was first suspended by our Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), was exonerated by an enquiry and then reinstated with an apology from the PCC at a cost to the taxpayer of around £160,000, you can see that putting our faith in the judgement of individuals without effective and stringent checks
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30 Jan 2016
Mental health and policing
In 2014, 37% of the demand on the Suffolk police force was related to mental health*. In July 2014, at a public meeting in...
30 Jan 2016