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
Dundee Liberal Democrats support effective green taxes
Dundee East Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesperson Dr Clive Sneddon today (Saturday 3rd February) welcomed yesterday's UN announcement that the international scientific community is now 90% certain that climate change is due to human activity.
3 Feb 2007
Climate change down to human influence
Global climate change is "very likely" to have a human cause, a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says. The report said temperatures were probably going to increase by 1.8-4C (3.2-7.2F) by the end of the century. It also projected that sea levels were most likely to rise by 28-43cm, and global warming was likely to influence the intensity of tropical storms.
2 Feb 2007
Buckhurst Hill Mobile Library Under Threat
Essex Liberal Democrats are refusing to endorse Conservative proposals to reduce mobile library services throughout Essex. The proposal is to reduce the service to areas within a 2 mile radius of a static library.
2 Feb 2007
MEP backs Billingham's Anti-dumping Fight
Local Lib Dem MEP Fiona Hall met Billingham residents this Friday and promised her support over concerns that the re-opening of the town's anhydrite mines this summer could lead to toxic and nuclear dumping.
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2 Feb 2007
More Avenues parking relief; other Highways issues delayed
At long last, notices are being published for the extension of residents' permit parking schemes to Fourth and Fifth Avenue. The lay-bys in Broomfield Road are also proposed to have parking restrictions on them. If matters go as planned, the schemes could be in place by the Spring, but to date progress has regrettably been much slower than anticipated - thanks to the Conservative County Council.
2 Feb 2007
Avenues / University footpath saved
Plans to divert footpaths running from the end of the Avenues to Bishop Hall Lane have been stopped. A campaign by local residents and Liberal Democrat councillors has succeeded in preventing the diversion proposed by Anglia Ruskin University.
2 Feb 2007