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
Lib Dems win in Eastleigh seat with 12% swing from Conservatives
Another week of council by-elections, another week when they weren't all on the Thursday. This time the aberrant timing was on a Wednesday, with a safe Conservative hold in Waverley and a reminder that the Liberal Democrats are not preordained to make progress in Southern contests against the Conservatives: Thursday's contests saw a successful defence with a very impressive vote increase for the Liberal Democrats on Eastleigh Council in council leader Keith House's ward:
23 Dec 2016
Clegg joins two former home secretaries to call for halving of prison population
Nick Clegg has joined Ken Clarke, a former Conservative home secretary, and Jacqui Smith, a former Labour home secretary, in a letter to The Times calling for the prison population to be reduced to the levels seen under Margaret Thatcher, the effect of which would be to broadly halve the number of people incarcerated. Here is the letter: Sir, The recent violent unrest at HMP Birmingham is a wake-up call for this country. Our prisons have become unacceptably dangerous places, with a 31 per cent increase in assaults in the past year alone. Every three days a prisoner kills themselves.
23 Dec 2016
74,630 households in temporary accommodation, an increase of 9%, and 124,090 children across Britain are homeless, an increase of more than 10%, in the past year.
John, Lord Shipley, also pointed out in House of Lords a rise in rough sleeping, described by a Tory peer as "a stain on our society" The Minister replied that the latest statistics show that between 1 July and 30 September 2016 local authorities accepted 14,930 households as being statutorily homeless. He said that the number of children living in temporary accommodation "is indeed a challenge"
23 Dec 2016
Barnsbury Gardens Footpath Link
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23 Dec 2016
Stunning Win For Lib Dems in Eastleigh
Liberal Democrats in Eastleigh achieved a stunning result in yesterdays by-election.
23 Dec 2016
The 20 answers needed in government Brexit plan – Clegg
Nick Clegg has posed 20 questions the government needs to answer in its Brexit plan that it has committed to presenting to parliament early in the New Year.
22 Dec 2016