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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
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Keep the Number 7 bus

Keep the Number 7 bus Councillors in Hinckley and Bosworth are being urged to support a campaign to keep the only bus service that serves a host of local villages. The Number 7 bus services, which connects local villages including, Fenny Drayton, Sheepy Magna and Parva, Congerstone and Witherley to Ashby De La Zouch and Nuneaton faces being axed. Conservative run Leicestershire County Council have been consulting on scrapping the service. Councillors Bill Crooks (Liberal Democrat, Barlestone) and Michael Mullaney (Liberal Democrat, Hinckley Trinity) are putting a motion to the next Borough Council meeting calling for the Number 7 to be kept. Cllr Bill Crooks said "This service needs to be retained. I have been contacted by people who use this service to get to work. At a time when the Coalition government is trying to encourage people into work, it's wrong to get rid of the only bus service for people in these villages. I've also been contacted by elderly residents who depend on the bus for travel from the vi

12 Sep 2012
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Jo Swinson MP

Nick Clegg announces Jo Swinson as new Equalities Minister

Nick Clegg MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Liberal Democrats, has announced Jo Swinson, Lib Dem MP for East Dunbartonshire, as the new Equalities Minister. Jo has previously served as the Party's Shadow Equality Minister, and appeared at several LGBT+ Lib Dems conference events.

11 Sep 2012
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Graham Watson

Brussels Broadband Battle

Lib Dem Euro MPs Graham Watson and Catherine Bearder have challenged the European Commission to end legal wrangles holding up tens of millions of pounds for highspeed broadband.

11 Sep 2012
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