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
Liberal Democrats welcome Tory U-turn over help for transport costs for job-seekers
Liberal Democrat Transport & Economy spokesman, Towcester Councillor Chris Lofts, has welcomed news that the County Council is to pilot a transport scheme to help jobseekers in rural areas to get to job interviews.
DLD
9 Jan 2013
Hardest Hit comments on 13 December 2012 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) announcement
The Hardest Hit, a coalition of over 90 disabled people's organisations and disability charities, including the MS Society, RNIB and Mencap, has condemned the Government's decision to press ahead with a £2 billion cut to vital support provided by DLA/PIP. Today's statement by the Government on the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) regulations is "crushingly bad news".
8 Jan 2013
Benefit cuts to hit disabled
Some of the most severely disabled people in Britain will be more than £150 a year worse off because of George Osborne's benefit changes, despite the Chancellor's pledge to "support the vulnerable", it was claimed last night.
BB
8 Jan 2013
Adjudicator will stand up for pubs and end unfair pubcos practices
A new independent pubs Adjudicator will be set up by the Coalition Governmentto help struggling landlords suffering from unfair practices in the industry, Liberal Democrat Business Secretary, Vince Cable has announced.
8 Jan 2013
MP welcomes action to protect local pubs
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has expressed his delight at today's announcement of the introduction of a statutory code of practice which will protect publicans from unfair treatment by large pub companies.
8 Jan 2013
MP gets rural fuel duty pledge into government's mid-term review
Local MP Tim Farron has urged the government to make good on the possibility mooted in its mid-term review of extending its successful rural fuel discount scheme to mainland rural communities like those in Cumbria.
8 Jan 2013