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
MP steps up campaign to save Kendal post office as 4000-strong petition handed over
This afternoon, local MP Tim Farron held a meeting in Kendal with national Post Office bosses about plans to close Kendal's crown post office and move it into the much smaller WHSmith store.
25 Jan 2019
Violent crime rises in county
Violent crime has risen by 16% in Gloucestershire in the past year, latest Home Office figures show.
25 Jan 2019
Lib Dems Spring Conference at York
SPRING CONFERENCE ...
25 Jan 2019
Tory failures result in increase in violent crime
Responding to the latest official figures which have revealed a 19% rise in violent crime recorded by police in England and Wales, Bedford Borough Liberal Democrat Policing Spokesperson Sarah Gallagher said "We are facing an epidemic of violent crime. Behind these shocking figures lies hundreds of tragedies of young lives cut short. All Conservative Ministers have done is make things worse.
25 Jan 2019
Demand better than council tax rises and cuts to essential public services
On Tuesday it became clear that Conservative-run Surrey Council Council are planning to increase Council Tax while continuing to pursue deeply unpopular plans to cut essential public services including closing 31 Children's Centres and 4 community recycling centres; scrapping certain concessionary bus passes; making savage cuts to library and cultural services; and cutting spending on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In spite of these cuts and tax increases, it is made clear in the report continuing the proposals that the financial future of the council is bleak.
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24 Jan 2019
20% increase in alarm systems for vulnerable people proposed by Brentwood Conservatives
Lib Dem councillors were left shocked at a meeting last night to see the Conservative administration propose a 20% increase for...
24 Jan 2019