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
A Choose Your Own Adventure style of political activism
I found the opening scenario in Mark Pack and Jim Williams's new pamphlet Reinventing the Liberal Democrats: how to build a party for tomorrow almost uncanny. It is 2020, they imagine, and the 200,000th new member joins the party knowing exactly what its aims are, and is immediately invited to pick how she'd like to get involved, with all the necessary resources at her fingertips - a Choose Your Own Adventure approach to political activism. How did they know that this was exactly what I'd been wishing for when I joined just over a year ago, keen to 'do something' but unclear how to help? Sadly, it wasn't quite my experience - for me, faced with the competing demands of work and family, joining the party was easy. Getting involved was not.
LS
9 Oct 2017
Nick Clegg's lecture on William Gladstone
In a lecture given at Gladstone's Library, Hawarden, last week, the former Liberal Democrat leader and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg considers Gladstonian Liberalism.
9 Oct 2017
Farron calls for rail prices to be linked with performance after summer of misery for commuters in the South Lakes
After mass cancellations and delays on South Cumbria's railways this summer, local MP Tim Farron has written to the Transport Secretary asking for rail prices to be linked with performance.
9 Oct 2017
Surrey County Council Property Plan
Opposition councillors on Surrey County Council have brought to light that Surrey County Council is secretly negotiating...
9 Oct 2017
‘A massive blow to the local economy’: 500 Stamford jobs at risk as factory announces closure
Unite, the country's largest union, has described the closure of a Stamford factory as a 'massive blow to the Lincolnshire economy' as it puts 500 jobs at risk.
SB
9 Oct 2017
Metro falling short on customer service
Numerous calls to the Metro system's helpline have not been responded to, particularly outside of office hours. Opposition Liberal Democrats have called on public transport operator Nexus to make a statement on how many calls using Metro station Help Points have gone unanswered in the last year. The Lib Dems have turned a spotlight on the issue after recent reports of late night anti social behaviour and violent disturbances on the network, particularly on the St James - Coast service. Many stations are not staffed, particularly in the evenings, leaving the Help Point system as the primary means of alerting staff to concerns, as well as provision of travel information. Lib Dem transport spokesman Cllr Greg Stone said:
8 Oct 2017