Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
Local MP Tim Farron will attend a meeting with Primary Care Trust representatives about providing a specialist service for sufferers of Lymphoedema, a disease which affects thousands of people. At present there is a barely adequate service in South Cumbria for cancer sufferers who have the condition, and no NHS service at all for people with the condition who do not have cancer (who make up roughly three-quarters of sufferers).
Scarborough and Whitby Liberal Democrats are mourning the sudden death of the Constituency's Parliamentary Election Agent Dr John Stonehouse. John, an agricultural entomologist working as a Research Lecturer at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College, University of London died on Wednesday in Senegal. He had been working in the field for the European Union in West Africa since July and died suddenly of cerebral malaria the night before returning to the UK.
Falmouth and Camborne MP Julia Goldsworthy along with the Liberal Democrat candidate for Truro and Falmouth Terrye Teverson, turned out in support of 24 hour fire cover. They took part in the weekend march from Falmouth to Camborne which was organised to highlight opposition to any cuts.
Proposals to change the priority on Falmouth Sea Front will now be subject to consultation. This development follows a meeting with representatives from the local authority police and residents, called for and chaired by Julia Goldsworthy MP.
More than half of Cornish farmers are living in poverty - the majority having been hit hard by delayed and incorrect Single Farm Payments - and the last decade has seen the industry decline by around a quarter, having also lost almost a tenth of its workforce since 2000, according to research released today.
Terrye Teverson, Parliamentary Spokesperson for Truro and Falmouth, spoke impressively in a major debate on Poverty and Inequality, in Brighton at the Liberal Democrat conference this week.