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
Where do you stand Mr Chisti?
First the government broke its manifesto commitment to stay in the Single Market, now they have broken their manifesto commitment to not raise tax. The Conservative government's plans to raise taxes on the self-employed will hit around 5100 people in Gillingham & Rainham who are already being hit with a Brexit squeeze on living standards. This is a tax on hard work, while companies will continue to save money by using workers without giving them the security and benefits of staff jobs.
PC
12 Mar 2017
MG
12 Mar 2017
Lib Dem councillors on a fact-finding trip to Brussels
On the 2nd March at 7.50 am I boarded a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Charleroi in Belgium. It is an hour and a half train journey from Charleroi to Brussels and the first thing that you notice is the friendliness of the people and the matter of fact way they switch from one language to another without pause. The next thing is the extent of the industrialisation of the landscape as it flashes by. I was travelling to join Catherine Bearder at the EU Parliament in Brussels on the European Information Program in the hope of finding out how Brexit will be affecting us here in the Wirral. I was not surprised in the least to find that Brussels knows as little about Brexit as we do here in the UK.
CC
11 Mar 2017
SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL IT MELTDOWN
Two Shropshire Councillors have castigated Shropshire's IT system after a failure on Thursday left them with e-mail or internet communication. This comes after multiple failures over several months left residents unable to communicate their councillors for weeks at a time. Heather Kidd said: "The final straw for me was last Thursday was when my ipad crashed for the umpteenth time. It seems this time it was system wide not just individual pieces of equipment."
11 Mar 2017
Lynne Featherstone interview
Early life and influences As Minister for Equalities in the recent coalition government, Lynne Featherstone was the originator and architect of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. She has received various accolades and awards for her work on equalities. In his book Gay Shorts (2015), the former Conservative Party politician turned broadcaster and member of the LGBT community, Iain Dale said that:
RM
11 Mar 2017
Liberal Democrat membership reaches 85,002
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11 Mar 2017