Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
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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
Second Reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
The day is breaking on one of the most important days for LGBT+ equality. The House of Commons will vote on the Second Reading of the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill today. Liberals have campaigned for nearly fourty years since the Liberal Party first agreed to support the Campaign for Homosexual Equality's Law Reform Bill in 1975. The Bill will provide same-sex couples with the right to marry. Those religious organisations who wish to opt-in to providing ceremonies can, and protects those that do not. It also allows married people who change legal gender to remain in their marriages without going through the process of divorce.
5 Feb 2013
Robinson at Lib Dem Summit with Paddy Ashdown
Stephen Robinson writes: "Great day in Westminster on behalf of East Region to meet Paddy Ashdown and other campaign leaders. Photographed by press as I left Portcullis House. Sneaky suspicion they were waiting for someone else!"
4 Feb 2013
Brentwood Tories are "completely out of touch" on benefits
Cllr Vicky Davies ...
4 Feb 2013
Brentwood Council censorship: A new councillor's view
Cllr Graeme Clark, one of Shenfield's two Lib Dem councillors (elected nine months ago), gives his view on the decision of the council's managing director to remove from view (for four days) the webcast of the controversial Environment Panel that saw the Tories walk out and leave the opposition to conclude the meeting:
4 Feb 2013
Jo Swinson MP writes…Equality is about more than ticking boxes
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) would never have become a valued and respected national institution if it was allowed to continue on the path it was on. Labour's tired old way of working was turning equalities into a burden. When people heard the word equality they also heard bureaucracy and red-tape. Instead of being about fairness it was more about frustration.
4 Feb 2013
Commission helps disabled air passenger take Thomas Cook to Supreme Court in discrimination case.
The Commission is going to the UK's Supreme Court, to fight a ruling against a disabled air passenger which could see airlines get away with breaking the law by discriminating against disabled travellers.
4 Feb 2013