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
‘Heartless’ decision to stop election access funding ‘is breach of UN convention’
The government is making it harder for disabled politicians to stand for elected office by failing to renew a fund that paid for their disability-related campaign expenses, according to a candidate in next month's parliamentary by-election.
4 Dec 2015
DWP silence over figures that would reveal scale of Access to Work cuts
The government is refusing to release figures that would reveal how many disabled people have had their packages of employment support cut after being reassessed.
4 Dec 2015
Tim Farron on Russell Howard 's Good News...
Tim Farron on Russell Howard 's Good News...Watch here
4 Dec 2015
Benefit cap discriminated against disabled people, court rules
High court finds that two claimants caring for relatives for upwards of 35 hours a week were effectively in work and should be exempt from cap The welfare secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, unlawfully discriminated against disabled people by failing to exempt their carers from the benefit cap, a high court judge has ruled.
4 Dec 2015
Stephen Tall’s diary: liberal jottings on the week’s big events
Honest doubt I wrote on Syria last week that I was "mystified by those who've already made their minds up with cast-iron certainty on either side". That's still the case despite, and probably because of, the eruption of passions leading up to and beyond Wednesday's vote. The UK is, after all, already involved in military action against Isis in Iraq. Sure, extending those airstrikes to Syria represents an intensification and, like any bombing campaign, requires serious consideration. But that is a question not of basic morality (if it were there should have been an equally strenuous efforts to cease attacks in Iraq) but of likely effectiveness.
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4 Dec 2015
Tim Farrons appearance on 'I've Got News For You' and Russell Howard's Good News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06qqnhz/have-i-got-news-for-you-series-50-episode-8
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4 Dec 2015