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
Campbell challenges Brown over Tax Credit system
At Prime Minister's questions, Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ming Campbell challenged Gordon Brown on the tax credit system which had been set up when Mr Brown was still in the Treasury. Sir Ming stressed that the "money wasted" by fraud and error was heading towards £9bn and there were two million families whose lives had been "made miserable" by these errors. The Prime Minister tried to justify the tax credit system by arguing that it was the "most successful" policy for reducing child poverty and that the Labour party had done a lot in government to end child poverty.
11 Jul 2007
Zahid Shah continues his calls for a clean up in St Peters Ward
St. Peter's Liberal Democrat campaigner, Zahid Shah, is continuing his campaigns to get the Ward cleaned up. Now he is highlighting graffiti which disfigures many walls in the ward. Zahid has asked the City Council to organise a clean up and sent them a list of some of the worst places.
11 Jul 2007
MP speaks out against plans to close Pathology Lab at WGH
Tim Farron MP has voiced his concerns over plans by the Hospitals Trust to close down the Pathology Lab at Westmorland General Hospital. Tim agrees with local patients and health professionals that this could result in a poorer service.
11 Jul 2007
Farron gets behind the till to help Age Concern campaign for volunteers
Local MP Tim Farron has followed up his visit to the Kendal Age Concern shop with a call to local people to volunteer to work for the charity. Mr Farron spent part of last Friday helping out in the shop by serving customers and witnessed first hand the hard and rewarding work the volunteers do.
11 Jul 2007
Farron urges Minister to keep to the right path on farm mapping
Tim Farron MP has submitted a Parliamentary question to the new DEFRA Minister, Hilary Benn, calling on him to ensure that the farm re-mapping exercise due next year will not lead to the same litany of errors as the last one.
11 Jul 2007
Time to set aside set-aside, says Farron
Tim Farron MP has called on the EU to abolish set-aside immediately following the recent poor weather and floods across the UK and northern Europe. Mr Farron has submitted a Parliamentary Early Day Motion calling for its abolition and hopes to win support from MPs from all parties.
11 Jul 2007