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
Lib Dems skate in with their support!
Brentwood's main opposition party will be calling for the council to do all they can to support the bid to refurbish the skate park at King George's Playing Fields in Warley.
27 Sep 2011
Outgoing Tory leader’s final act is nail in Surrey libraries’ coffin
In a final act as outgoing Leader of Surrey County Council, Dr Andrew Povey and his Cabinet have pushed through unpopular plans to remove full-time staff from up to 19 of the County's libraries and end the mobile library service from this week.
27 Sep 2011
Business Rates Relief - do you qualify?
Small Business Rates Relief (SBRR) was introduced by the government in April 2005 and about 3500 businesses in Wiltshire receive it. Under the scheme ratepayers who occupy only one rated property in England, where the rateable value is £12,000 or less, will receive a reduction in their liability.
WC
27 Sep 2011
MP WELCOMES MILK PRICE INCREASE BUT SAYS MORE MUST BE DONE TO HELP DAIRY FARMERS
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today welcomed news that Meadow Foods - the UK's leading independent dairy group - are increasing their producer milk price from 1st October .
27 Sep 2011
MP WELCOMES UNIVERSITY PROMISE TO ‘COME BACK TO AMBLESIDE AND COME BACK TO STAY’
South Lakes MP Tim Farron attended a meeting with University of Cumbria chiefs yesterday where they committed themselves to bringing more students back to Ambleside than ever before.
27 Sep 2011
Surveillance Watchdog's Verdict on our Reforms to Council's 'Snooping' Powers
I wrote on here some months ago about reforms we've introduced to restrict the Council's ability to spy on local residents, and to ensure that it is accountable publicly for each and every use of the powers it has to conduct surveillance. The main features of the reforms were the restriction of the abilitiy to authorise the use of the powers to only the most senior officers (shortening the list of authorising officers considerably), and the introduction of a new requirement that every use of the powers by the Council must be reported to the public meetings of the Council's Executive four times a year. For the first time this has ensured public oversight of the Council's use of these powers, which have been dubbed a 'snooper's charter' for Councils after several instances of their excessive and unjustified use elsewhere. These have included the case of a council spying on parents incorrectly suspected of using a false address to get their child into a preferred school and numerous cases of councils spying on t
27 Sep 2011
