Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
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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
The Pope, politicians and think-tankers weigh in
VATICAN CITY -Pope Francis…on Friday gave a speech on Europe that the bloc's leaders hope will convince citizens - including Brits - that the EU is worth fighting for, according to senior EU officials. Politico reports: http://www.politico.eu/article/pope-francis-europe-speech-a-boost-to-anti-brexit-campaign/
PMEM
9 May 2016
John Pugh MP writes…Two lessons from Thursday
In Southport last Thursday we did something no party has ever done before in Southport's history- won all the council seats by healthy margins. Not everyone knows where Southport is but its on the northern tip of the Merseyside region on the Lancashire coast. On Thursday I was puzzled when contacted by the press department expressing worry about the defection of one of my councillors. It turned out it was a bloke in Stockport who had defected. Easy mistake to make if you are from London. Southport is part of Sefton MBC which has big wards averaging 12,000. During the Coalition most of Merseyside fell like dominoes to Labour including the Sefton seats outside Southport leaving us (Southport) an isolated fortress. This year it was different with Richard Kemp and Kris Brown spearheading a heroic revival in Liverpool and gains made in Knowsley. The only sadness was that in some other areas of Merseyside where we had taken successive kickings in previous years the will to win and the belief that we could was not t
JPMP
9 May 2016
3 days left to take part in two major consultations on Liberal Democrat policy
There are just three days left to take part in two major consultations on Liberal Democrat policy - one for the working group on liberty and security, and the other for the group looking at working-age social security. Lib Dem social security consultation This is a consultation from the party's policy working group on working-age social security.
MP
9 May 2016
Ukip’s vote share fell again in the 2016 elections
Not only did Ukip slip back into fourth, behind the Liberal Democrats, in the 2016 local elections but the party's vote share fell yet again:
9 May 2016
Trade: The Brexit Debate
The argument on trade of those in favour of Britain leaving the European Union appears to be that the United Kingdom is such an important trade partner of the remainder of the EU that it can obtain a trade deal which gives it access to the internal market of the EU but which would not constrain the British government to accept internal market regulation and even allow it to abolish parts of the existing internal market regulation.
DAB
9 May 2016
Neighbourhood plans in Suffolk Coastal
Neighbourhood plans are a hot topic in town and parish councils, having been introduced as a result of the Localism Act. It...
9 May 2016