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
Vince’s next speech
Vince's conference speech had a lot of good policies and ideas, but the party is still failing to communicate a compelling vision. We are not giving enough people a good reason to vote Lib Dem at the national level, despite the gaping hole in the middle of British politics. Here is a speech Vince could give to start communicating that vision.
IR
10 Oct 2017
Baroness Joan Walmsley writes…Wasting a rare resource – and children’s lives
One of the worst scandals in the NHS is the provision, or lack of it, for children with mental health problems.
JW
10 Oct 2017
In defence of tax credits: We must be the clear anti-poverty party
I was horrified at the proposal, contained in George Kendall's recent article that we cut tax credits to fund lifelong learning accounts. (I assume George was also referring to Universal Credit, the successor to tax credits, and I speak of them here interchangeably.)
IP
10 Oct 2017
Perhaps the source of most frustration since becoming involved as a Lib Dem is...
Perhaps the source of most frustration I've had since becoming involved as a Lib Dem activist is the institutional, bureaucratic superiority complex one has to deal with to do anything differently from campaigns we ran 10 years ago, 20 years ago and before.
AD
10 Oct 2017
MP condemns removal of overnight mental health workers in Cumbria on World Mental Health Day
On World Mental Health Day, local MP Tim Farron has submitted an Early Day Motion to the House of Commons, condemning the removal of certain overnight mental health workers in Cumbria.
10 Oct 2017
Farron accuses government of “daylight robbery” over NHS service charges
Local MP Tim Farron has accused the government of "daylight robbery" after Central Lakes Medical Group was left with a huge proposed increase in service charges at its Ambleside site because of a change in how the property of the NHS is managed.
10 Oct 2017