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
Andrew Stunell: Putting councils back in control of their own finances
Lib Dem Councillor Tim Prater has welcomed a Government announcement that local Council's will see benefits from business rates collected in their area. Tim Prater lobbied Communities Minister Andrew Stunell for the return of business rates to local authorities last year.
19 Jul 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Lib Dems pleased at Tory u-turn on Incinerator
Liberal Democrats have welcomed yet another u-turn by the Tories. In a report due before Cabinet on 29th July, the Tories will abandon their plans for an Incinerator.
19 Jul 2011
Liberal Democrat candidates for Police and Crime Commissioners
The Bill to create directly-elected Police and Crime Commissioners is currently before Parliament. The first elections of Police and Crime Commissioners are expected in May 2012.
19 Jul 2011
The cost of parking incompetence is half a million pounds
Traders, town councils, opposition councillors, newspapers and residents told Wiltshire Council's Conservative cabinet that excessive rises in car parking charges would be bad news for everyone including the council itself. Now the accounts for the first quarter of the 2011/12 financial year have been announced we can see the scale of the damage.
TC
19 Jul 2011
Prater: A New, Better View on Academies by Kent County Council
Folkestone West County Councillor Tim Prater has welcomed the statement by Kent County Council Leader Paul Carter on Kent Schools and Academy status. Previously, Mr Cater had advised all schools to consider academy status, but in a letter to school governors issued today, he changed that position.
19 Jul 2011
Statement on Kent, Schools and Academies from Paul Carter, Leader of Kent County Council
Before you break up for the summer holidays for some well-earned rest and relaxation, I thought it would be helpful if I dropped you a line to clarify Kent County Council's, and my own, thoughts on academy status.
PCLKCC
19 Jul 2011
