Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
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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
Richard Farnell challenged over Council banking
Local Liberal Democrat leader Councillor Andy Kelly has called on council leader Richard Farnell to explain why the Council has abandoned the Co-operative Bank and chosen Barclays. Councillor Kelly's challenge came in the week that Farnell was elected as national vice-chairman of the Co-operative Council's Innovation Network. Labour-run Manchester City Council, a Council with a much larger budget, has remained loyal to the Co-operative Bank. Councillor Kelly said: "Much is made of Rochdale being the birth of the 'Co-op movement'. I think residents will be alarmed that the Council has ended its relationship with the bank and gone with Barclays. This is especially surprising as Manchester City Council still banks with them. I'd like to know the reasoning behind the decision and whether it offers better value for money for the taxpayer. If the Council has a legitimate reason then Manchester City Council has questions to answer. Much has been made of the growing relationship with Greater Manchester authorities. N
25 Feb 2017
Refuse bins change colour
This takes me back. My first job after full time education was to be a binman (actually a road-sweep but I got promotio...
25 Feb 2017
Conservatives and Labour vote to strip greenbelt land away from Mill Hill
At the Barnet Planning Committee meeting last night (Wednesday 23rd February) Labour and Conservative councillors voted 6-5 in favour of the Hasmonean School development on greenbelt land in Copthall, Mill Hill. Planning Officials recommended the rejection of the development plan on the basis of its, "location and its excessive footprint, [the Hasmonean School plan] represents inappropriate development within the Green Belt which would cause substantial harm to the fundamental intention and purposes of including land in the Green Belt."
24 Feb 2017
Bank cash up for grabs for community projects
With just one week to go until the deadline, South Lakeland MP Tim Farron is encouraging local community projects to apply to a bank fund giving out grants of up to £35,000.
24 Feb 2017
Copeland by-election – Lib Dems more than double vote share and move up to third place, beating UKIP
Congratulations to Rebecca Hanson and the team for an excellent showing at the Copeland by-election, caused by the resignation of Labour's Jamie Reed. Our vote share more than doubled from 3.5% at the 2015 general election to 7.25%. We moved up from fourth place to third - beating UKIP. Dramatically, the Tories won the by-election in this normally rock-solid Labour seat. Psephologist John Curtice told the BBC that this was the biggest gain, in share of the vote, by a governing party in a byelection since the Hull North byelection in 1966.
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24 Feb 2017
Federal People Development Committee – 21 February 2017
Tuesday night saw the inaugural meeting of the Party's new Federal People Development Committee. This group oversees the Party's work in the areas of Diversity, Membership and Training. The committee was established by the Party's Governance Review, with the idea being that the work in these three areas has a lot of overlap and would benefit from co-ordination.
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24 Feb 2017