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
Farron: New Homes Need Affordable Flood Insurance
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has written to the Prime Minister to urge changes to a new flood insurance scheme, which would otherwise leave those in new homes unprotected and therefore liable for unaffordable insurance premiums.
14 Dec 2015
EU bulletin 14th December 2015 Refugee crisis, Brits on dole in EU
The IMF is becoming increasingly concerned about the lack of consensus among EU countries to address the refugee crisis, and its impact on the freedom of movement within the Schengen area, senior officials from the institution said on Friday (11 November), EurActiv reports. The declining interest in more integration, and the discord between the member states, are so significant that the Fund considers them as important risks for the Union. See the report here: http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/erosion-schengen-worrying-imf-says-320387
PMEM
14 Dec 2015
Climate change deal shows there has never been a better time to support the Liberal Democrats
The world woke yesterday morning to an early Christmas gift. Not a novelty knitted jumper or bottle of tipple, but something more poignant altogether. Unconventionally, the gift in question was not only immaterial, but universal, unquantifiable, and intergenerational: the prospect of a deal on climate change in Paris. The final agreement includes a commitment to keeping temperature rises 'significantly below' 2C, with the aim of 1.5C as a target. Whilst 2 degrees may sound inconsequential, the difference between today's average global temperature and that during the last ice age is around 5 degrees. Our climate has never changed so rapidly, it's unequivocally due to human activity, and avoiding the problem could result in temperature rises of 5-6C by the end of this century. Ask a climate scientist to describe what a 5-degree-world would be like, and you might just wish that you hadn't.
JH
14 Dec 2015
Catherine Bearder MEP writes: Nominate a local activist or councillor for hard working for Europe leader award
I am encouraging Lib Dem members to help me nominate a hard-working local activist or councillor for the Europe-wide Local Leader award. Last year I was delighted when two of my nominations, Andrew Nesbitt from Scotland and David Tutt from Eastbourne made it through to the final round. I was hugely proud that David went on to win the prize for "Achievement in Government". I know that we have lots of talented people working hard on their communities, so do let me know so I can nominate them.
CBMEP
14 Dec 2015
Disabled Students Allowance cuts: Is it time to extend the EHCP to universities?
What do you call it when someone says one thing but their actions show they really mean something quite different? There's a few words and none of them are very nice. Neither is what's happened to the Disabled Students Allowance.
13 Dec 2015
See me for who I am, not for my wheel chair"
This year, on the United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities, meet Maj. David Yaakov Shaulker, who serves in the Material Directorate of the IAF on w wheel chair. Ever since he was injured and a violent tumor was discovered, the IAF accompanied him all the way and is a second family to him. "If not for the IAF support, I may not have been here today"
13 Dec 2015