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
Brian Paddick writes on efforts to protect our civil liberties
On Wednesday the Investigatory Powers Bill overcame its final Parliamentary hurdle before becoming law. In the end the issue that held it up for a while was press regulation, not the powers of the state to intrude into our privacy. In line with party policy, agreed at Lib Dem conference, we tabled dozens of amendments on significant issues that went to the very heart of the bill - while trivial Labour and Government amendments simply tinkered around the edges. Despite the Government's best efforts to close down the debate, we fought hard and achieved close and careful line-by-line scrutiny of the bill in the House of Lords - something we were not given the opportunity to do in the Commons.
BP
17 Nov 2016
Liberal International’s African Reach
When Liberal International was founded in Oxford nearly 70 years ago it was very much a European affair. With the noble exception of Canada, Liberal parties and values were largely confined to northern Europe, but since then the picture has changed dramatically. As we in Britain lick our wounds from the double whammy of the Brexit vote and the triumph of Donald Trump in the United States let us take comfort from the fact that the Liberal family is growing worldwide. This was dramatically illustrated by the Liberal International (LI) Executive in Marrakesh, at which five new African parties - from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Madagascar, Senegal and Somalia - were welcomed into membership last weekend, which means that LI now has almost 50 member parties from Africa alone. The Marrakesh gathering was timed to coincide with COP22, the latest in a series of global conferences following up on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. So it was hardly surprising that environmental issues figured prominently in LI's d
JF
17 Nov 2016
VIDEO: Sarah Olney on Brexit
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17 Nov 2016
Robert Woodbridge - "I will continue to defend Swanley Rec"
Sir William Hart Dyke, who lived at Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford, last century donated St Mary's Recreation Ground, in Swanley,...
AB
16 Nov 2016
Tribute to Norna Munson
Norna Munson has sadly passed away. She was Chair of Sevenoaks District Council in 1998-9 just after David Coates.
AB
16 Nov 2016
Plans for yet more flats in Leigh
Proposals to build yet another block of flats in Leigh, this time on the car wash and an adjoining site on The Broadway opposite the Grand Hotel, are raising concerns amongst residents.
16 Nov 2016