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
Cambridgeshire: Independent Inspectors Slam Cambridgeshire Social Services
The Conservative County Council had been heavily criticized by the Commission for Social Care Inspection for the poor quality of its adult social services. The officially rating is that Cambridgeshire is only serving "some" people well (a rating of only one star), and, damningly, that the prospects for improvement are "uncertain", for the second year in a row. No Council in the entire Country is now rated lower than Cambridgeshire for Adult Social Care.
30 Nov 2006
Test to safeguard special schools
A test will be established so schools for children with special needs are not closed unless better alternatives are available, the government says. Schools Minister Andrew Adonis said "strong guidance" would be issued to local authorities in England.
30 Nov 2006
Special school closures 'absurd'
The closure of special schools is "disastrous", the leader of the Conservatives, David Cameron, has said. Mr Cameron called for a moratorium on special school closures.
30 Nov 2006
The future with cystic fibrosis
Fraser, the four month old son of Chancellor Gordon Brown, has been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. He is one of 7,500 people in the UK with the genetic disease.
30 Nov 2006
Social care improvement 'slows'
For the first time since star ratings were introduced, no council in England has been zero-star-rated for adult social services this year.
30 Nov 2006
Cornish Lib Dem MPs Meet Health Secretary To Discuss Crisis In NHS
Following the meeting in the Commons today with the Health Secretary, Rt. Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, Cornish MPs, Andrew George, Julia Goldsworthy and Dan Rogerson reported that the current strategic review of hospital services in Cornwall would need to be closely monitored.
30 Nov 2006