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
End of the telephone rip off in sight
Local Liberal Democrat, Cllr Julia Cherrett is delighted by the announcement by Ofcom that people who use phone numbers beginning with 08, 09 or 118 should in future have a much clearer idea of how much their calls will cost.
JC
16 Apr 2013
Spokes East Kent Cycle Campaign Questionnaire
Spokes East Kent Cycle Campaign are asking all election candidates standing in east Kent their views on a number of cycling-related issues. Read the questions, and my responses, below:
GF
16 Apr 2013
School Broadband and road repairs
Heather said "I have been appalled recently to discover that schools across Shropshire have been told that they will have to pay more than £10,000 for a broadband service they can get locally for around £2,000! I know that Chirbury has a bill in excess of £14,000 and Hope £11800 whereas other schools of similar size are paying much less. At a time of squeezed budgets this is pure extortion - just to cover the Council's costs for a badly negotiated contract. This has a huge impact on small rural schools that will now have to find thousands of pounds from their ever shrinking budgets just so they can keep up with the modern age.
16 Apr 2013
New welfare row as 600,000 are set to come off disability benefit
Ministers are braced for fresh protests over their welfare shake up when controversial changes to the main disability benefit begin to take effect. George Osborne has agreed a "pilot" information exchange scheme with France, Germany, Italy and Spain to catch tax evaders. Photo: AFP By Patrick Hennessy
15 Apr 2013
Will the Tory Leader say YES to Criminal Record Bureau checks for councillors?
For over three years, the Liberal Democrats have been calling for all Brentwood councillors to be criminal record bureau checked for the safety of vulnerable residents and children that they deal with but have constantly been pushed back on this by the Tory administration.
15 Apr 2013
Farron welcomes 15 hours free childcare for poorest toddlers in Cumbria
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that 813 families in Cumbria will get access to 15 hours of free childcare from September this year as the Government invests £2,247,482 to support Cumbria poorest toddlers.
15 Apr 2013