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
THE ART OF IGNORING THE POOR
In 2016-2019, ATD Fourth World, in partnership with Oxford University, conducted a participatory international research project called "The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty". The project took place in six countries: Bangladesh, Bolivia, France, Tanzania, the United Kingdom and the United States. People living in poverty, professionals and academics worked together to clarify how we understand poverty and its multi-dimensional aspects.
4 Jun 2019
Lib Dems top Mole Valley Euro poll
In the European Parliamentary election results, announced on Sunday 26th May, the Liberal Democrats came top of the polls with 11,055 votes ahead of the The Brexit Party with 9,920. The Green Party came third. Full Mole Valley results.
3 Jun 2019
Retain a GP surgery in Fetcham
Mole Valley Liberal Democrats have started a petition to retain a GP surgery in Fetcham in response to residents' concerns about the proposed closure of the Molebridge Practice's Fetcham Surgery from 20th August 2019. If authorised this closure would leave Fetcham, which has a population of nearly 10,000 residents, without any local GP services.
3 Jun 2019
Mayor Dave - Thanks to all Following a Fantastic Kite Festival Weekend
Mayor Dave Hodgson has thanked everyone involved in a packed weekend of free family festival fun in Bedford, following the International Kite Festival and first Bedford Festival of Motoring at Russell Park and the Embankment.
3 Jun 2019
Lib Dem leadership contest: watch the first hustings in full
You can now watch in full the first hustings from the contest between Jo Swinson and Edward Davey to succeed Vince Cable as leader of the Liberal Democrats:
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3 Jun 2019
Lib Dems challenge city council to face-up to climate emergency
The Lib Dems are calling on Gloucester City Council to adopt an ambitious carbon emissions reduction plan. Councillor Jeremy Hilton, leader of the Lib Dem group, has proposed a motion for the next meeting of the city council and is demanding that the city declares a climate emergency. The motion, which will be debated by councillors on July 11, calls on the Tory-run city council to immediately carry out a carbon audit of the authority's corporate emissions and commit to zero carbon emissions by 2030. The motion also demands that Gloucester should become a carbon neutral city no later than 2045. Councillor Hilton said: "Scientists have been warning us for decades that climate change is the greatest global threat we face. "The continuing emission of greenhouse gases and global warming overshadows every other political issue. "Local authorities are well-placed to tackle climate change and here in Gloucester it is about time the city council started to be more ambitious in its approach. "We need to do all we can
3 Jun 2019