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
Another year older and deeper in debt
Wiltshire Council is borrowing more and more money to finance its capital programme. A report to the WC cabinet explains that the council will borrow an additional £69.9million between now and the end of the 2015 - 16 financial year. This brings the gross borrowing figure up to £315.1million.
13 Feb 2013
Unwise G4S Plan to Outsource Police Support Work Scrapped After Liberal Democrat Pressure
Last October and November Liberal Democrats campaigned strongly against the "unwise" plan by the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner. County Councillor Nick Hollinghurst who spoke twice at Council meetings at County Hall said "Apart from G4S's lamentable performance with Olympic Games security, we have to remember they are a large multi-national corporation. They run prisons, courts, police administration, prisoner transport and support services. It is unwise to hand over yet another part of Britain's criminal justice system to an international private business with, some say, already too great an influence in UK policing."
13 Feb 2013
Unwise G4S Plan to Outsource Police Support Work Scrapped After Liberal Democrat Pressure
Last October and November Liberal Democrats campaigned strongly against the "unwise" plan by the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner. County Councillor Nick Hollinghurst who spoke twice at Council meetings at County Hall said "Apart from G4S's lamentable performance with Olympic Games security, we have to remember they are a large multi-national corporation. They run prisons, courts, police administration, prisoner transport and support services. It is unwise to hand over yet another part of Britain's criminal justice system to an international private business with, some say, already too great an influence in UK policing."
13 Feb 2013
'Shared parental leave is good news' says Farron
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today welcomed moves by the government to reform the way parents can share maternity leave.
13 Feb 2013
Farron meets Natural England Chair to call for action on South Lakes flooding
Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, this afternoon met with the Chair of Natural England, Poul Christensen, to ask Natural England to help tackle the ongoing flooding issues experienced by residents and farmers across the South Lakes following several years of poor weather.
13 Feb 2013
Farron hails campaign for Cumbrian jobseekers
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has tabled a motion in Parliament in support of the North West Evening Mail's "We Want to Work" Campaign, recognising its early success and calling for similar schemes to be available throughout the region.
13 Feb 2013