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
Boost for Manufacturing and Jobs with Increased Allowance against Tax on Capital Purchases
Liberal Democrat MP for Burnley, Gordon Birtwistle, who has been campaigning for years for help for manufacturing firms was delighted last December when an important tax relief measure was announced. Now Gordon, Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Business, Innovation and Skills has seen this help take effect at the start of this financial year.
12 May 2013
Boost for Manufacturing and Jobs with Increased Allowance against Tax on Capital Purchases
Liberal Democrat MP for Burnley, Gordon Birtwistle, who has been campaigning for years for help for manufacturing firms was delighted last December when an important tax relief measure was announced. Now Gordon, Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Business, Innovation and Skills has seen this help take effect at the start of this financial year.
12 May 2013
Cornwall Councillor Colin Brewer Who Said 'Disabled Children Should Be Put Down' Wins Seat
A Cornish councillor who said "disabled children cost the council too much money and should be put down" has been re-elected in his division of Wadebridge East.
FAM
12 May 2013
Disability assessments
Inner North Central London Branch (R) That this meeting of RCN Congress believes that the current process of disability assessments in the UK is discriminatory and unfit for purpose and urges Council to campaign for a review
12 May 2013
Find the perfect disability carer, like online dating
A new internet service has been set up which uses online dating techniques to help disabled people find the perfect carer - but it has bigger ambitions.
DR
12 May 2013
Neil has an IQ of 125 and runs his own business. So why won't a secret court let him spend his own money?
A secret court is controlling £2billion of assets of thousands of elderly and mentally impaired people and paying them a paltry rate of interest, the Mail reveals today. The controversial actions of the Court of Protection, which one MP has criticised as 'bordering on malpractice', are supposed to uphold the interests of 16,000 vulnerable people - but many claim they destroy the value of savings. Here SUE REID tells the story of Neil Barker, a successful businessman whose finances have been at the mercy of the court since he was injured in a horrific accident.
12 May 2013