Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
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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
No communal bins this year say Liberal Democrats
Many people oppose them. We'd defer Community Bins proposal for one year, with provision to be met from the £1m reserve set aside for testing approaches identified by the waste strategy.
1 Mar 2017
Find out how much council tax Lincolnshire households will have to pay this year
Households across Greater Lincolnshire will have to tighten their purse strings ever so slightly over the next year to compensate for rises in council tax in the county. Councils across the county are raising council tax by as much as almost 5% in some cases for the 2017-18 financial year.
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1 Mar 2017
Economic development boost under Lib Dems proposal
We'd reverse £100,000 cut in grant for Newcastle Futures until alternative sources of funding are found as part of the wider review of funding to employment and skills organisations that is under way, met from the Financial Risk and Resilience Reserve.
1 Mar 2017
Government defeated on Brexit bill
The government has been defeated after the House of Lords said ministers should guarantee EU nationals' right to stay in the UK after Brexit. The vote, by 358 to 256, is the first Parliamentary defeat for the government's Brexit bill.
1 Mar 2017
Keep school crossing patrols - Lib Dems
They propose to defer Labour's cut of £184,000 so that all school crossing patrols to remain for 2017/18 to allow more time for alternative funding to be explored & put in place, paid for from the Life Chances Fund established as a reserve from the Airport Dividend.
1 Mar 2017
Defer Labour's big bins demand Liberal Democrats
Labour's cut by £189,000 should be reversed, defering introduction of large litter bins outside the city centre (and removal of smaller bins) for one year until the consultation process with members and communities has been undertaken, met from the £1m reserve set aside for testing approaches identified by the waste strategy.
1 Mar 2017