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
Hospital sued over disabled arm
The parents of a 13-year-old girl who was disabled following alleged hospital errors at her birth, have launched a High Court fight for compensation. Harriet Frobisher, from Prestatyn, Denbighshire, suffers from Erb's Palsy, limiting the use of her right arm.
7 Nov 2007
Local Lib Dems hear Leadership Candidates
Lib Dems from Scarborough went to Leeds at the weekend to hear leadership hopefuls Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne speak about their plans for the party. The leadership hustings was held at a packed Civic Centre in the City, with members coming from all over Yorkshire and the Humber to hear the two MPs.
6 Nov 2007
"Public consultation" on William Hunter Way slammed
Cllr David Kendall, Leader of the Lib Dem group on Brentwood Borough Council, has slammed the Council's consultation process on the plans for the new William Hunter Way development as totally inadequate.
6 Nov 2007
Is that all there is from Brown?
Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats Vince Cable today accused Gordon Brown of producing a legislative programme with no new ideas despite delaying a General Election so that he could outline his vision for Government.
6 Nov 2007
Queen's Speech - Liberal Democrat reaction
Vince Cable, Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats commenting on the Queen's Speech said "The anticipation was acute - but the anti-climax is deafening. The legislative programme is firmly rooted in the Blair era. There is very little new. No ideas, no vision. Is this what we have been waiting for? Perhaps, lurking in this Queen's Speech is a genuinely Big Idea: a Conservative-Labour Grand Coalition of policies and ideas. The one time editor of the Red Paper has penned a Queen's speech in the bluest ink. Across wide swathes of policy his approach is indistinguishable from the Tories. On the important issues of the day it is the Liberal Democrats who offer a distinctive voice."
6 Nov 2007
Queen's Speech
Here is the full text of the 2007 Queen's Speech, outlining the government's plans for the next parliamentary year.
6 Nov 2007