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
McVey set to face legal challenge over PIP changes that came ‘out of nowhere’
08 Feb 2013 By admin Disabled activists are planning legal action over the government's decision to tighten eligibility for support for people with the highest mobility needs.
19 Feb 2013
Euro think-tank declares LVT is essential for the UK economy
Simon Tilford, of the Centre for Europan Reform, has identified the rigged property market as being the UK's biggest economic distortion, comparable in its damaging effects to the paralyzed labour market of the southern European nations. He idenifies LVT as a major component in fixing this problem, although I'm not sure I would go with him on deregulating the green belts. Still, a thoughtful article, see...
DC
19 Feb 2013
Nearly half a million people in Surrey will get an Income Tax cut in April
Commenting on the further raising of the Personal Allowance, Hazel Watson the Liberal Democrat Leader of the Opposition on Surrey County Council, said:
19 Feb 2013
Liberal Democrats bid to Produce Green Energy and make Budget Savings with Green Investment
The Liberal Democrats on the County Council believe that investing in renewable energy is vital for our environment and economic future and that councils have a role to play in this. The first amendment we will be proposing at the budget meeting on Wednesday asks officers to carry out a feasibly study into the Council producing green energy from renewal sources.
19 Feb 2013
Leicestershire Lib Dems respond to public concerns over backlog of road maintenance, flooding and blocked drains
Liberal Democrats on Leicestershire County Council will be proposing an amendment to the County Council's budget on Wednesday which seeks to put back a cut over £1m to highways maintenance being implemented by the Conservative Administration. The Liberal Democrat opposition group on the Council acknowledges that these are difficult times for local government but believes that it makes no sense to cut road maintenance at a time when the severe weather conditions during 2012 have created a backlog of pot holes and blocked road drains.
19 Feb 2013
Eating sewage in Trowbridge
Wessex Water have been given permission for a new "sludge digestion facility" at their Trowbridge works, subject to their producing an improved landscaping scheme.
19 Feb 2013