Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
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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
Council communication criticised by Lib Dem councillors
Lib Dem councillors are calling on the Tories running Brentwood Borough Council to reconsider the decision to scrap the "Vision" magazine or show there are concrete plans for its replacement following a lively discussion at the Policy Board last week.
10 Aug 2010
Lib Dems to debate marriage
The Liberal Democrats will debate changing the system of marriage and civil partnerships at the party's main annual conference this September. The motion, tabled by Lib Dems for LGBT Action (Delga), would open up both systems of partnership recognition to couples regardless of gender. It would resolve many issues with the current system, such as the restriction on religious groups using their places of worship for civil partnership ceremonies, the lack of recognition of same-sex marriages conducted abroad, and the forced divorce-and-remarriage that transsexual people face when their gender is legally recognised through a GRC.
10 Aug 2010
Great News for Bedford Academy
I am delighted that the Bedford Academy was included by the government amongst the schools listed previously as 'for discussion' which will receive funding for the projects planned under the Building Schools for the Future programme. The Academy will replace John Bunyan Upper School, of course, and as John Bunyan's Chair of Governors and the former former Ward Councillor for Kingsbrook, not to mention a local resident, I know the community very well. I am therefore aware of just how important the investment in the education of current and future generations of young people in the area will be.
10 Aug 2010
Simon Hughes and Evan Harris at Brighton Pride
The Liberal Democrats were again well represented at Brighton Pride this weekend with the party's Deputy Leader Simon Hughes MP leading a large group of activists during the march. President of Delga Evan Harris also popped along to show support.
9 Aug 2010
Shh! Damian Collins Doesn't Want Local Residents to Know What He Is Doing [Updated: 10 August]
New Folkestone and Hythe MP Damian Collins has been slammed for "blocking" a number of local residents from following him on the "Twitter" service which allows people to keep up to date with what he is doing.
9 Aug 2010
Election results for Pirbright ward, Guildford Borough Council and Worplesdon Division, Surrey County Council
On the 15th July 2010 local elections were held for the Surrey County Council seat of Normandy & Pirbright and the borough seat of Pirbright. The results of the elections were as follows:
9 Aug 2010