Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
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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
Oxfordshire GP Surgeries get cash injections
Oxfordshire CCG has been successful in bid to the Department of Health for money to improve access to GPs surgeries in Oxfordshire. The bid, worth £5m (of which £4.5 is revenue funding and the rest capital funding) is part of a the ' Right time, Right place, Right care' initiative.
27 Mar 2015
Labour wants to fine people who don't vote, criminalising thousands in Newcastle, endangering democracy
Labour Councillors have unanimously voted against a motion which would have rejected the idea of forcing people to vote or be fined. Councillors Robin Ashby and Pauline Allen set out the case against compulsion.
26 Mar 2015
North East closing the gap with more people in work and wages rising faster
I should like to address three matters: first, the achievements of this Government in dealing with the state of the economy which they inherited in 2010; secondly, rebalancing the economy in terms of growth outside London and the south-east, particularly in the north-east of England; and, thirdly, the current level of debt and the cost of servicing it, the need to get the deficit down and the timescale for doing that, John, Lord Shipley, has told the House of Lords.
26 Mar 2015
MP - Local schools win upgrade cash
Schools Minister David Laws MP and South Lakes MP Tim Farron have today announced that Queen Elizabeth School in Kirkby Lonsdale and Arnside National CofE School will receive a major share of a £370 million school buildings fund.
26 Mar 2015
Siemens grant will create jobs in South Cumbria - Farron
Twenty supply chain projects from across the country will benefit from a total of £67 million of government investment. It has been announced that this will include Siemens in Ulverston. South Lakes MP Tim Farron thinks this grant will help South Cumbria and South Lakeland has a real opportunity to grow its supply chain.
26 Mar 2015
A590 cycling improvements show safety campaign is paying off says Farron
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has said that a major package of funding to improve cycling on the A590 will hopefully save lives. The announcement is the latest tranche of funding to try and make the A590 safer for motorists, residents and cyclists.
26 Mar 2015