Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
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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
Economy is only just staggering back into growth - Cable
Responding to the news that the UK has come out of recession, after figures showed the economy had grown by 0.1% in the last three months of 2009, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said:
27 Jan 2010
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Straw didn't stop "illegal" war
Local Liberal democrats have condemned Blackburn MP Jack Straw for refusing to stop the invasion of Iraq despite being advised it was illegal by his own legal advisers.
27 Jan 2010
Lib Dems pledge to introduce badger cull in response to TB crisis
A badger cull would be an essential part of the Liberal Democrat policy to control bovine TB according to Lib Dem Shadow Defra Secretary Tim Farron, who has accused the Government of "shamelessly ducking the issue".
27 Jan 2010
Farron calls on Government to deliver high speed broadband for South Lakes
Local MP Tim Farron has called on the Government to deliver high speed broadband for the whole of South Lakeland after the Prime Minster confirmed that between 5% and 10% of British homes would be left without access to higher speed broadband. The problem being that those will be homes in rural areas such as South Lakeland. Mr Farron has been campaigning for high-speed broadband for black spots in rural communities like Old Hutton in South Lakeland.
27 Jan 2010
Farron takes local dementia fight to Parliament
Local MP Tim Farron today spoke out in Parliament in defence of people in Cumbria living with dementia. Speaking in the debate this afternoon Tim raised the fact that while an additional £1.5million has been given to NHS Cumbria to support people with dementia and their carers, there was as yet no tangible evidence of additional services being provided with that money.
27 Jan 2010
Farron welcomes government u-turn on EU dairy funding
Speaking in Parliament this morning, South Lakes MP Tim Farron today welcomed the Government's u-turn on EU funding for dairy farmers, after Minister Jim Fitzpatrick confirmed that the Government had accepted £25 million in emergency funding following lobbying from the Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs Spokesman over many months .
27 Jan 2010