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
Nick Clegg: Summer posturing has done little to advance Brexit
Writing in the Financial Times, Nick Clegg gives his assessment of where we are with Brexit at the moment. He is unimpressed with the Government's Brexit papers, describing them as technocratic, insubstantial and lacking in leadership. He also sees Labour's so called great shift on the single market as nothing more than a statement of the obvious. The EU doesn't escape criticism either, as he points out that they are being way too rigid on the timetable - but that, as he adds, is something that could easily have been foreseen.
NH
4 Sep 2017
Vince Cable provides road map for “exit from Brexit”
Vince Cable has set out how the process of Brexit could be stopped, saying that there was a "strong possibility" of a further referendum on the facts. The FT has the story from an event they ran this weekend: In a debate at the FT Weekend Festival held at Kenwood House in North London on Saturday, Mr Cable said: "I think there is more than a possibility that Brexit may never happen." He added: "The balance of probability is still that it does, but there is a strong possibility of it being stopped because tensions within and between major parties are so large, that one or other may want to let the public decide on the facts whether this is something they want to go ahead with."
4 Sep 2017
Disabled man's Luke Davey's care cuts case dismissed.
A disabled man who took his legal fight over cuts to his care to the Court of Appeal has had his case dismissed. Luke Davey, 41, challenged a ruling upholding Oxfordshire County Council's decision to cut his package by 42%.
3 Sep 2017
Student told disability prevents him gaining journalism award
A student has been told his disability means he will not receive a qualification in journalism. Kyle Gunn, 19, from Johnstone, Renfrewshire, has cerebral palsy and is unable to complete the shorthand element of his course. Having spent the past year on the NQ Media Studies course at Glasgow Clyde College, Kyle was hoping to progress onto the two-year HND Practical Journalism course.
LMK
3 Sep 2017
Disability assessors 'lack right skills'
A report from a UN committee has criticised the UK government for its treatment of disabled people, saying it needs to do much more to protect the rights of the disabled. The UK is required to regularly report to the UN on how it is honouring the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
3 Sep 2017
Woman awarded £11,000 in disability discrimination case
A woman who asked her employer to reduce her working hours because of her mental health has been awarded more than £11,000. A tribunal found that the car firm, Charles Hurst, had discriminated against Marie-Claire McLaughlin under the Disability Act.
3 Sep 2017