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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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Lib Dem Councillor Rosemarie Hollinghurst Gets Her Hands Dirty!

This blocked drain in Rossway Lane was causing flooding under the nearby A41 bridge. It was duly reported on the Highway Fault Reporting System. But when the contractors turned up they just removed some mud from a different grid altogether - and recorded the work as completed.

31 Jan 2014
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RosemarieRossway

Lib Dem Councillor Rosemarie Hollinghurst Gets Her Hands Dirty!

This blocked drain in Rossway Lane was causing flooding under the nearby A41 bridge. It was duly reported on the Highway Fault Reporting System. But when the contractors turned up they just removed some mud from a different grid altogether - and recorded the work as completed.

31 Jan 2014
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Seen A Problem? Report It!

Do you love where you live and want to see environmental issues such as potholes, graffiti, fly-tipping and fly posting resolved in Bedford Borough?

31 Jan 2014
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Cycle safety campaign

Cycle safety campaign steps up a gear

Stockton Liberal Democrats are welcoming progress in progress on a cycles safety campaign. Cycle safety campaigners from the region have joined forces with Olympic gold medalist Chris Boardman in Brussels today to support tighter EU rules aimed at cutting the number of road deaths.

31 Jan 2014
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Labour MP Slams ‘Unacceptable’ Capita Disability Benefit Assessments

Labour MP, Peter Hain, has called on disability benefit assessment firm Capita and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to "urgently reform" its "punitive" assessment process, which is "causing no end of misery" to sick and disabled claimants, before it descends into similar "problems experienced with ATOS and the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) assessments".

30 Jan 2014
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David Cameron on helping parents of disabled children

Because of his own personal experience of caring for a disabled child, David Cameron has always promised to give the issue special attention. During election campaigning in 2010 David Cameron spoke to Jonathan Bartley and his disabled son Samuel Photo: PA 2:22PM GMT 20 Jan 2011

30 Jan 2014
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