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
'Wrong on All Counts:' My Comments to the Open Floor Hearing on the Covanta Incinerator Plan for Stewartby
Yesterday I spoke at the first session of the open-floor hearings being conducted by the Infrastructure Planning Commission on the application by US waste giant Covanta Energy to build a 600,000 tonne capacity incinerator at Rookery South pit near Stewartby. As I have explained previously, I have not been involved in the Council's formal submissions to the application process being conducted by the IPC, having received a warning letter from lawyers for Covanta. They had noticed that, like so many residents of this area, I am opposed to the principle of us being established as a magnet for lorries bringing waste from areas far and wide for burning using an environmentally damaging waste technology in the form of incineration. Indeed, I have campaigned against these abominable plans since they were published, well before I became Mayor. Not wanting to place the Council at any risk, I have instead taken part in the process as an individual, and did so again at the hearing yesterday.
6 Jul 2011
Surrey Tories dump incinerator on Spelthorne
A special meeting of Surrey's Planning Committee on 30th June approved the building of an incinerator at Charlton Lane. This decision flies in the face of science, logic and common sense and has more to do with where Surrey Conservatives want to dump their waste and retaining grant funding of millions of pounds from DEFRA.
6 Jul 2011
Farron: Cumbria’s broadband worse than Shetland’s
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron welcomed Ofcom's broadband map of the UK, released today, but denounced as 'appalling' Cumbria's particularly low broadband performance
6 Jul 2011
Liberal Democrats celebrate historic town hall victory
Members of the Liberal Democrat group on Brentwood Borough Council were last night celebrating an historic victory after joining forces with other like minded councillors to save Brentwood's Town Hall and retain it as a seat of local government in Brentwood.
6 Jul 2011
Dementia in Wiltshire - where are we?
A task group set up by the WC Health committee has been looking at services for people with dementia in Wiltshire. Estimates of the number of people with the disease in the county range from 4,000 to over 6,000. If you're in the 40 - 65 age group you have one chance in 1400 of suffering from dementia, but that rises to one chance in six if you're over 85.
WC
6 Jul 2011
Parents to benefit from changes to free childcare
Lib Dem Children's minister proposes flexible free childcare entitlement, which will benefit working parents The Liberal Democrat cabinet member minister for children, Sarah Teather, has made an announcement that will enable millions of working parents to benefit from changes to a free childcare entitlement as part of a shake-up of early-years education.
6 Jul 2011
