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
Baroness Pinnock: Government must make childcare available outside of school hours
Liberal Democrat House of Lords Spokesperson for Children, Baroness Pinnock reflects on the passage of the Childcare Bill through the House of Lords this week. For parents with young children childcare can be both the most expensive drain on the household budget and the most worrying aspect in their lives.
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17 Oct 2015
Catherine Bearder MEP writes: Europe is about more than the economy, it’s about opportunity
At the official launch of the Stronger In Campaign on Monday it was great to see such a huge range of people, of all ages and from all walks of life, prepared to work together to secure Britain's place in Europe. The board of the campaign represents all sections of society - students, the arts, business and trade unions - and almost half its members are women. This couldn't contrast more with the male, pale and stale line-ups of the Vote Leave and Leave EU campaigns.
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17 Oct 2015
What the 2015 Sex and Power report has to say about the Liberal Democrats
The 2015 Sex and Power report published by the Counting Women In coalition came out this week. It looks in detail at the number of women candidates put forward by each party and the number of MPs elected. It's not fun to read if you're a Liberal Democrat for obvious reasons. It's not just that we have an all white middle aged male party in the Commons, it's that we're not making nearly enough progress to redress the imbalance. The proportion of women in our target seats should be much higher than 50/50 if we are serious about improving gender balance.
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17 Oct 2015
Petition to save our Police Community Support Officers
Wirral Liberal Democrats are campaigning to save Merseyside's Police Community Support Officers.
WLD
16 Oct 2015
Tories’ “obsession with selective schooling is damaging the educational chances of children” – Pugh
The BBC reports: - England is to get its first "new" grammar school for five decades after ministers allowed a grammar school to build an "annexe" in another town. Weald of Kent school in Tonbridge will open a site in Sevenoaks, Kent - side-stepping a ban on new grammar schools.
16 Oct 2015
Wilson Doctrine: Carmichael says Lib Dems will demand protection for journalists, lawyers & parliamentarians from state snooping
Liberal Democrat politicians have reacted with alarm to yesterday's ruling on the Wilson Doctrine The Investigatory Powers Tribunal basically shrugged off Harold Wilson's declaration in 1966 that MPs' phones would not be intercepted without him knowing, saying that it had no basis in law. This comes on top of two Police forces abusing their powers to try to find journalists' sources. If an MP, or a lawyer, or a journalist is investigating the Government for doing something it shouldn't, the idea that the Government could snoop on that investigation is alarming.
16 Oct 2015