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
MP visits proposed power plant site with local campaigners
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has joined local campaigners to visit the site of a proposed new power plant and energy storage site in Old Hutton. Tim has said that the proposal is "clearly inappropriate" and has vowed to oppose it
12 Jul 2017
Tories won't replace Southend street signs
Southend Council's Tory budget-cutters have come up with the crazy idea of not replacing street name signs. So now an increasing number of roads have poles but no signs!
12 Jul 2017
Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats Demand County Council Support from HCC to Bridge Current Funding Gap
Liberal Democrat Herts County Councillor Mark Watkin, Opposition Spokesperson for Children's Services, has tabled the following motion about the proposed closure of Nascot Lawn Childrens Respite and Care Centre.
11 Jul 2017
Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats Demand County Council Support from HCC to Bridge Current Funding Gap
Liberal Democrat Herts County Councillor Mark Watkin, Opposition Spokesperson for Children's Services, has tabled the following motion about the proposed closure of Nascot Lawn Childrens Respite and Care Centre.
11 Jul 2017
Moving towards a plastic-free South Lakes - Farron joins film director for panel discussion
Local MP Tim Farron yesterday evening took part in a discussion panel on environmental issues following the screening of the...
11 Jul 2017
Dementia Tax – Project Fear
Dementia has been a big part of my life. Over the years I have worked with people with dementia in some of our most deprived communities in south London - Brixton, Elephant and Castle, Peckham, Old Kent Road and the surrounding (often high-rise) estates. I have therefore felt very torn by the party's recent headlong charge for the populist line on the "dementia tax". As a (naturally pretty tribal) Lib Dem of three decades standing I recognised a fantastic campaigning issue that might help claw back a few coastal "retirement" seats. However, I also knew that the inaccurate use of the term dementia tax (it is neither a tax nor is it about dementia) causes pain to many for whom this is not just a line in a press release but something real and near at hand. People with dementia have a cognitive impairment but they are not stupid; they can and do take in political messages. Politicians need to think of the deep distress their negative campaigning can cause to many of our 850,000 fellow citizens who are living with
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11 Jul 2017