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
Mid Sussex Council needs to stop giving small scale housing developers a free ride
New housing sites can often occur when larger gardens or other small sites are redeveloped, these "windfall" housing sites provide several hundred new houses a year, yet our Conservative District Council has failed to ensure developers of these sites pay any contribution to local infrastructure. Normally new housing developments are required to contribute towards the cost of new community infrastructure (known as s106 contributions) to help pay for improvements to roads, schools, libraries, community facilities and social housing. Yet Mid Sussex currently excludes new developments of under 15 houses of having to contribute towards new social housing, and developments of five or less houses do not have to make any contribution to local infrastructure (unlike some other local councils). This gives an incentive to developers to redevelop single back gardens such as Folders Lane in Burgess Hill with piece meal development that avoids them having to make any contribution - despite providing dwellings in this road
1 Sep 2009
Oxford Cuts Ties With Tories Over Racism Row
Oxford University has withdrawn its name from one of its oldest societies after a row over a racist joke.
1 Sep 2009
Liberal Democrats welcome ending of inefficient light bulbs
A European Union wide ban on the manufacture and import of 100-watt and frosted incandescent light bulbs came into force on 1st September. They are being phased out to encourage the switch to more energy-efficient fluorescent or halogen lamps, which use up to 80% less electricity. The ban is one of a series of measures in the EU to tackle climate change. However, 60W and other less powerful clear bulbs remain but will be progressively phased out until all traditional bulbs disappear from shops across Europe in 2012.
1 Sep 2009
Charing Cross Direct Trains from Folkestone saved: Southeastern revise draft timetable
Southeastern have reinstated direct peak time trains during peak hours from Folkestone to Charing Cross following a Lib Dem motion to Shepway Council calling for urgent lobbying to protect those direct train services to Charing Cross from Folkestone.
1 Sep 2009
Oxford disowns its student Tories in racist joke row
Conservative Association told to change its name after an alcohol-fuelled evening at Oxford University when racist jokes were told.
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1 Sep 2009
Lib Dems ask all teachers, nurses and street cleaners in Hinckley and Bosworth 'where is the waste?'
Everyone employed in the public sector - including Hinckley and Bosworth's army of hard-working teachers, care assistants, librarians and social workers - is being asked to say where they think taxpayers' money can be saved.
1 Sep 2009