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
National Pharmacy Association challenges cuts
Over two million people petitioned the government to halt plans for massive cuts to local pharmacy services. Ministers did not listen and pressed ahead regardless.
17 Mar 2017
Four things to note about record electoral fine against Conservative Party
The Conservative Party has been fined £70,000 by the Electoral Commission for breaking election expense rules. The commission's report highlights "numerous failures" in reporting spending on three by-elections in 2014 and the 2015 General Election.
MP
17 Mar 2017
Manchester Gorton: We need YOU!
The Manchester Gorton by-election can change things for the whole party - and we need you to come and help to make that happen. Look at what we achieved in Witney. We sent a message loud and clear that the Lib Dem fightback was on. We proved we could take a serious number of votes from the Conservatives, angry at their former party's backing for a hard Brexit.
EMC
17 Mar 2017
Farron: Government must rethink damaging school cuts
New analysis published today shows that every state school in England will see budget cuts before 2020, even after new funding plans take effect. Tim will press the Schools Minister to rethink the government's plans at a meeting next week.
17 Mar 2017
Baroness Joan Walmsley writes…Can’t we agree to agree on funding health and social care?
A sight that all of us will have seen since the Autumn is ambulances queuing at A & E and patients waiting on trolleys in hospital corridors. Some of us will have seen the situation at first hand, waiting with a relative or waiting for treatment. Bed occupancy has been dangerously high in many hospitals, with senior managers and doctors having to take decisions that, in some instances, are literally life or death. Upsetting as these images are, they show only the tip of a very large iceberg that is threatening to sink an NHS and the social care system unable to cope with demand.
JW
17 Mar 2017
Newcastle City Council's soaring reserves
Labour shot down the Liberal Democrats attempt to relieve their cuts to services by using reserves. Here's how the City Council has been hoarding cash.
17 Mar 2017