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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
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North East Labour MPs quit the Election battlefield

Obviously not much faith in the golden uplands of the Socialist future! 4 North East Labour MPs rushing to take the redundancy money (so far): Pat Glass (North West Durham), Dave Anderson (Blaydon), Iain Wright (Hartlepool), Tom Blenkinsop (S Middlebrough and East Cleveland).

21 Apr 2017
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Labour's Leicester Recycling Woes. Is this one of Mayor Soulsby's "Work in Progress?"

In December 2016 the Liberal Democrats in Leicester reported findings where the Labour run City Council had fallen to 278th in a League Table of statistics of English Local Authorities in overall performance of Recycling, Reuse and Collection (RRC) rates compiled by the website letsrecycle.com for the year 2014-15 with a result of just 34.6%; a drop from year 2013-14 scoring a rate of 43.05% which to date is the best result achieved by Leicester City Council.

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Tory snap election delays Surrey's business rates lifeline

Liberal Democrat county councillors have expressed their dismay at the news that Sajid Javid MP, the Conservative Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government, has delayed the pilot scheme that would have allowed Surrey County Council to retain 100% of its business rates next year. The Government had previously agreed to allow Surrey County Council to apply to become a pilot for the scheme in 2018/19 but the sudden announcement of a general election has meant that the parliamentary process to confirm this has been interrupted and the pilot scheme delayed.

21 Apr 2017
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Carrie Hynds

Brighton and Hove Lib Dem membership up 16% in 48 hours

Brighton and Hove Liberal Democrats have seen their membership boosted by 16% in the two days since Theresa May called a snap election. Our local party is now nearly five times the size it was at the time of the last General Election in 2015.

21 Apr 2017
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