Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
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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
Rob Maris fails to defend freedom in Commons vote on 42 days
Sir Menzies Campbell used his first parliamentary speech since resigning as the Liberal Democrat leader to issue a rallying call to MPs to accept that their duty to protect freedom "transcends all of our other responsibilities". Wolverhampton South West's Labour MP,Rob Maris failed to respond to that call and allowed the Government's 42 days detention without trial bill to get through the House of Commons by just nine votes.
12 Jun 2008
Once in a lifetime opportunity says Paul Rowen
Rochdale MP and Chairman of the Parliamentary Group on Light Rail, Paul Rowen has hailed the Transport Innovation Fund Bid as a 'once in a lifetime opportunity'. Mr Rowen was speaking after the decision by Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Transport to approve the bid.
12 Jun 2008
Sandgate Referendum Polling Day this Thursday: Vote YES to give Sandgate's Mayor the Boot
Voters in Sandgate go to the polls in a parish poll this Thursday. If voters vote YES, the recent change in status for the Council from Parish to Town will be reversed, and the Mayor will revert to being a Chairman. Polls are open only from 4pm-9pm.
11 Jun 2008
MP makes 11th hour bid to save at-risk post offices
Local MP Tim Farron is writing to Post Office Limited executives Julia Young and Richard Lynds, who head up the Network Change programme in the North West, in a last-ditch attempt to save Beetham, Leven Valley and Greenodd post offices. Post Office Limited are due to announce the final list of closures in the North West next week, on the 18th of June and Mr Farron is keen to press home the case for saving the three branches.
11 Jun 2008
Farron welcomes lottery grants
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed two lottery grants made by the Heritage Lottery Fund to projects in Kendal; namely £50,000 to Kendal Brewery Arts Centre for The Motto Project: 'Cloth is my bread,' and £130,000 to South Lakeland District Council for the Greenside Limekiln project. Mr Farron had previously raised concerns over the diversion of much needed cultural grants to help fund the Olympics, and is glad that the Heritage Lottery Fund have chosen to support culture in Kendal in this way.
11 Jun 2008
"Time is running out for local farmers as they wait for the bluetongue vaccine" - Farron
Local MP Tim Farron has today spoken out against DEFRA proposals for the roll out of the bluetongue vaccine; in a recent answer to a Parliamentary Question, DEFRA merely noted that mass vaccination would hopefully be achieved "over the summer."
11 Jun 2008