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
Farron: Farm Payments Agency A 'Disgrace'
The Rural Payments Agency has been branded a "disgrace" by South Lakes MP Tim Farron, following the revelation that many common land farmers have still not received their 2015 payments yet.
5 Jul 2016
Farron: Bring Services to Kendal To Relieve A&E Pressure
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to health bosses to call for an extension to emergency care in Kendal, to alleviate pressure on A&E units in Barrow and Lancaster.
5 Jul 2016
Lib Dems call for new Clean Air Act on 60th Anniversary
The Liberal Democrats have called on the UK government to introduce a new Act to tackle poor air quality and ensure vital pollution limits are not watered down post-Brexit.Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Clean Air Act, which was introduced in the 1950s to tackle deadly smog affecting UK cities.In a letter to Secretary of State for the Environment Elizabeth Truss - signed by the Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson Kate Parminter, Transport Spokesperson Jenny Randerson and MEP Catherine Bearder - the government is urged to ensure it follows through on EU agreements to tackle air pollution and enshrine essential limits into British law.
5 Jul 2016
More restrictions on Household Recycling Centre use
Wiltshire Council wants to introduce charges for using the county's tips in the 2017/18 financial year. Before that, in September this year, there will be a permit system for people bringing in waste in vans or large trailers. There will be no charge for the permits at this stage, but there will be a limit of 12 visits per year.
5 Jul 2016
Ashdown in talks with Labour MPs over new centre-left alliance
Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown has called for a progressive platform to bring together politicians from different parties… The peer said he was not proposing a new party but, like current Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, he refused to close the door on the idea.
MP
5 Jul 2016
13,500 new members and a strategic problem
Once again, an awful election result for Liberal Democrats has been followed by a huge increase in party membership. The referendum result itself only directly triggered a small boom in party membership in the immediate aftermath. Then came Tim Farron's public comments about continuing to fight the pro-European cause. It was those which which triggered the big volumes of new members. The distribution of the new members matches that of the Remain vote around the country. That means, for example, a huge surge in membership in London and much less of one down in the south west. The surge is happening not in areas of traditional party strength but in areas with a strongly small l liberal outlook.
MP
5 Jul 2016