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
Last chance to cut poverty by 2015" - Local MEP Bill Newton Dunn at UN Millennium Development Goals Summit
East Midlands LibDem Euro-MP Bill Newton Dunn and his MEP colleagues in New York last week urged nations of the world to "sprint to the finish line" in the race to meet global poverty-reduction targets by their 2015 deadline. Newton Dunn was one of the EU's official representatives alongside 150 heads of state and government at a three-day UN summit to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, a planetary roadmap to fight hunger, disease and maternal and child mortality, provide basic education for all and protect the environment.
1 Oct 2010
Liz Lynne backs battery recycling and recharging campaign at European Parliament
Wolverhampton's Liberal Democrat Euro MP Liz Lynne hosted a major drive to promote battery recycling and recharging in the European Parliament this week, backed by MEPs from several other parties.
1 Oct 2010
How Desperate Can They Get!
One local Residents Association, a member of the registered political party Residents Associations of Epsom & Ewell, has obliquely blamed opposition councillors for the introduction of Blue Badge-holder parking charges.
1 Oct 2010
BBC Songs of Praise at Holy Trinity Church
As expected, BBC Songs of Praise is nothing like you expect it to be when you see it on TV. The conductor, the producer, the floor manager and the director got us to sing with a smile and encouraged us to be animated as we sang. Cameras weaved in and out and took on a personality of their own. 'Jimmy' was the long armed camera, whose very mobile lens reminded me of a 'triffid', picked out likely candidates for a close up shot.
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1 Oct 2010
61 years later...
On Wednesday the Chinese Embassy hosted a celebration for the 61st Anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China. It brought together many of those who have worked with the Embassy as well as diplomats as diverse as Denmark and Sweden to Algeria and U.A.E.
30 Sep 2010
£1 million Roads and Pavements Boost - The Fightback Against Years of Crumbling Roads Continues
I am very pleased to have announced an additional £1 million of funding in the current financial year for road and footpath repairs. Sadly, the former Conservative County Council left an appalling legacy of crumbling, unsafe roads, and a vast backlog of necessary works. It was clear to me that this had to be a priority for the new Council, and Liberal Democrat colleagues and I were successful in ensuring that an extra £2 million was invested in the roads last year over and above the funding level of the old County Council after we forced another £1 million into the budget. The new funding boost means an extra £2million again this year. This means more roads being resurfaced and repaired right across the Borough.
30 Sep 2010