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
Surrey County Council Lib Dems welcome Gatwick decision
Surrey County Council's Liberal Democrats have welcomed the decision by the Liberal Democrat Party Conference in Glasgow to oppose expansion of Gatwick Airport.
7 Oct 2014
Second homes should be controlled
A leading Devon Liberal Democrat has called for controls on second homes in the County. Richard Younger-Ross who is seeking to regain the Newton Abbot parliamentary seat next year has called for second homes to require planning consent. Speaking in the Affordable Homes debate at the Liberal Democrats conference in Glasgow, Mr Younger-Ross claimed that second home ownership was forcing local people out of villages and was forcing up the price of property in the rural areas and seaside resorts. Richard Younger-Ross who is a Lib Dem County Councillor says that in many villages the life has been sucked out, with second homes left empty for most of the year. "Young people can not afford to buy or rent in many villages and essential workers face long commutes to work because of the lack of affordable homes close to there work. Our villages are dying as a result, fewer villagers leads to local shops and the pubs closing. With them the heart is ripped out of the community, " "Local communities should
7 Oct 2014
Bedford Western Bypass: Lib Dem Mayor Dave Appoints Contractor with Work to Start "Within Weeks"
Liberal Democrat Mayor Dave Hodgson has signed the decision to appoint the contractor to construct the crucial final phase of the Bedford Western Bypass. Work will start on site within weeks. Breheny Civil Engineering were appointed to carry out the £18.6 million project to complete a route which was first planned over fifty years ago and won the tender on both quality and price. The project was finally able to go ahead after Mayor Dave Hodgson used Compulsory Purchase Orders to remove a series of obstacles blocking the building of the new road.
7 Oct 2014
Bedford Western Bypass: Lib Dem Mayor Dave Appoints Contractor with Work to Start "Within Weeks"
Liberal Democrat Mayor Dave Hodgson has signed the decision to appoint the contractor to construct the crucial final phase of the Bedford Western Bypass. Work will start on site within weeks. Breheny Civil Engineering were appointed to carry out the £18.6 million project to complete a route which was first planned over fifty years ago and won the tender on both quality and price. The project was finally able to go ahead after Mayor Dave Hodgson used Compulsory Purchase Orders to remove a series of obstacles blocking the building of the new road.
7 Oct 2014
The benefits of Coalition 2010-14
The Journal uses its leader column (6/10/14) to argue, not entirely consistently, that the Lib Dems were right to go into coalition with the Conservatives in 2010, given the electoral arithmetic, but that they should not contemplate coalition next time.
GS
6 Oct 2014
Spending your money is no problem for Labour!
Bulldozers are ripping up Queen's Park Annexe as Labour go ahead with building a replacement for Queen's Park Leisure Centre - which they'll then demolish.
CLD
6 Oct 2014